Search Details

Word: rosee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...airport only to serve as a Soviet military base...it is hard to understand how, if the Soviets really thought a Grenadan air facility was important, they could not have built even one runway on Grenada in less than three years." The reason we came out smelling like a rose is that we overthrew a different government than the one we had planned to. Instead of the moderately popular government headed by Cuban ally Maurice Bishop, we toppled the unpopular three-week-old regime of Hudson Austin...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: We Didn't Escape 1984 | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

During his deanship enrollment in the Graduate School rose from about 1400 in 1955 to about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former GSAS Dean Elder Dies of Heart Attack at 71 | 1/10/1985 | See Source »

...year-old Secretary, aged 64, slim, well-tailored, and youthful, then rose and addressed the approximately 75 students and faculty, reminding them of the U.N.'s mission of preserving the peace "for you young people...

Author: By Barbara H. Dobrin, | Title: University Wines, Dines U.N. Leader | 1/10/1985 | See Source »

...average, 1984 was more lion than lamb. For the year as a whole, growth amounted to about 5.3%. That was enough to slash the civilian unemployment rate from 8.2% to 7.2%. The number of Americans with jobs rose by nearly 3 million, to 106 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Year of Rolling Sevens | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

...network, and seven regional companies to provide local service. The immediate results of the split were increased competition and confusion. Long-distance rates fell by 6% as AT&T battled with MCI Communications, GTE Sprint and other rivals. At the same time, though, the average cost of local service rose by 8%. Customers were befuddled by multipage bills, bewildered about whom to call for repairs and bedeviled by delays in the installation of new telephone lines. Said Jack Reiss, 83, a retired salesman in Harrisburg, Pa.: "I don't know why they broke up Ma Bell, but I wish they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Year of Rolling Sevens | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Previous | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | Next