Word: sanding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...biggest problem has been dealing with the Soviet ministries, which still adhere to rigid regulations in doling out precious supplies. Explains Cohon: "When we need more sand or gravel for building and go to the department in charge, they say, 'Sorry, you're not in my five-year plan...
...fact, I had been wondering the same thing. What in the world was I doing there? The question came to my mind many times in that first week of classes last semester--as I adjusted to living in a tent, showering outdoors and attending lectures on a sand bank...
...spend a few weeks there with my friend Zac, relaxing before my freshman year in college. We spent most of the time in Kingston, visiting old friends and haunts. In the last week of August, we travelled to Ocho Rios, on the north coast, to feel the sand on our backs and hear the waves for the last time in many months. We checked into a large hotel on the beach, spending days swimming and nights prowling...
After three nights, we ran out of money. We checked out, planning to return to Kingston that day. But days in Jamaica are unhurried, and we missed the last bus. 2:00 am found us on the beach, resolved to brave the sand-flies as penance for our laziness. As we laid out our towels on the sand, something jingled. It was the key to the hotel room which we had forgotten to drop...
Housing discrimination. Stepping into a bitter racial and political imbroglio involving Yonkers, N.Y., the Supreme Court last week slapped federal District Judge Leonard Sand on the wrist for an "abuse" of judicial discretion. Following years of municipal obstructionism and a refusal by the city to carry out a housing-desegregation decree to which it had earlier consented, Sand in 1988 ordered Yonkers council members to vote for the plan. When four legislators disobeyed, the judge imposed potentially crushing contempt fines on them and the city. Last week, in a 5-to-4 vote, the court ruled that Sand should...