Word: seem
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Only at the range site, where more than 12,000 unexploded bombs have already been safely disposed of, do the tensions seem to fade. There outsiders and locals--whites, blacks, Asians and Indians from the nearby Schurz reservation --work in syncopated drudgery. "They're a pretty nice bunch of guys," says Mike Cook, 31, an out-of-work miner from Tombstone, Ariz., who lives with his wife and four kids in a car to save money. Hoisting a 40-lb. piece of metal, he adds, "You have to be pretty crazy to be a scraphog...
...contract did not seem much different from AT&T's original offer. After slashing some 56,000 jobs since 1984, the company is still offering an 8% pay increase over three years. Entry-level pay for new systems technicians--a key AT&T job--was cut in half, to $240 a week. In return, the company has agreed to provide a $21 million job-retraining program for laid-off workers. Strikers should vote on the package next month...
...Critics seem puzzled by many Americans' desire to dramatically retaliate against countries the U.S. perceives as a threat to its citizens, such as Libya for supporting terrorism and several Southeast Asian nations, including Hong Kong, for the U.S. trade deficit. But foreign observers are confused by America's insistence on seeing these issues in terms of black-and-white. Are Americans unable to comprehend the complexity of issues, they asked. Or can they only register anecdotes, just the way David Stockman describes President Reagan's power of understanding...
...next stop, however, for across the proverbial crowded and smoke-filled room, Elaine, who shied away from Theresa's for-thright illegality, catches a glimpse of HIM. Blond-haired, blue-eyed, muscular, and shyly smiling back at her, the young man at the other end of the bar would seem to be ideal in every way, except for the CCCP stenciled across the brim of his sailor's cap. A sailor and a Communist to boot--whoever said love was going to be easy...
...even if Sara were Broderick's counterpart, Sloane would be little more than an ornament on Ferris's crown. Only rarely does she seem a real part of the movie's spirited action. The character of Sloane is not half as well developed as those of Cameron and Ferris...