Word: seemly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...government doesn't trust its citizens to communicate privately, Imagine what the House Un-American Activities Committee might have done in a country where most communication was electronic and the government always had a key. Applying the principle to other means of communication makes the administration's argument seem ludicrous. Think how many criminals have communicated by word of mouth: why don't we force everyone to wear a hidden microphone? Apparently, law-abiding citizens would never object to having other people listen to what they say-unless they needed to hide something...
...innately stylish FORTUNE readers, she has found an audience among the urban women-girls in their 20s and 30s who perhaps might relate to Bridget Jones' Diary more than they would acknowledge. Indeed, Yates' clothes have attracted some of the very celebrities--Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox--who seem affixed in permanent ingenuedom...
Aside, perhaps, from that lightning-bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, Harry Potter will seem familiar to anyone who has ever read a decent fairy tale. Harry, 11, is an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, and their son Dudley. Is it worth pointing out that the Dursleys are as dreadful as one might expect of people named Dursley--they make that step-family of Cinderella's seem merely ill-tempered by comparison--and that young Dudley is a fat, spoiled bully who keeps breaking Harry's glasses...
BONING UP Eating calcium-rich foods is not the only way to prevent osteoporosis. Fruits and vegetables seem to help too. Data on elderly folks show that those who eat the most fruits and veggies have the strongest bones. Fresh produce contains high levels of magnesium and potassium, which are found in healthy bones and may help prevent calcium from leaching...
...insists. Motichka got a copy of her original pathology report, showed it to other physicians and learned that her tumor was not a fast-growing type after all. Moreover, it was small--about the size of a peanut--and did not seem to have spread. In fact, the biopsy that retrieved a sample of the tumor for testing may have removed the whole thing. She feels she had had all the surgery she needed--before the mastectomy. In 1994 Motichka filed the suit that she finally won two weeks ago. Dr. Cody's attorney maintains that his client discussed lumpectomy...