Word: sheerly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...America -- especially the discretionary dollars. If that is not power, and privilege, what is? An extraplanetary visitor, scouting a report for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy perhaps, might look at the evidence of their lives (the myriad labor-saving devices, the opulent food and shelter, the sheer abundance of choices that most of the rest of the world desperately envies) and come to the conclusion that white middle- and upper-middle-class American women -- from whose ranks the majority of militant feminists arise, the ones who call themselves "womyn" to keep the hated syllable "men" out of their...
What many early birds have discovered is that neither God nor the Registar is really looking closely at the dotted line. Before the deadline passes next time, look into the various techniques for "expediting" the process. A favorite is "the squiggle," which confounds would-be watchdogs with its sheer inscrutability. Others prefer the bold authoritativeness of writing the supposed signer's name in legible print; who wouldn't buy such an audacious gambit? Most effective is "the circle sign." Get a bunch of friends together and pass blank study cards counter-clockwise until all the requisite boxes are neatly filled...
...screen chemistry between Dunaway and Beatty is achieved by both their excellent character portrayals and the cinematography. At the beginning, Bonnie pounds on the window out of sheer boredom. Her call is immediately answered with a view of Clyde, who is contemplating stealing her mother's car. When their glance meet through the window, the moment seals their fate. Quick shots of Bonnie's deft strokes as she flawlessly applies her lipstick, Clyde's cocksure grin as he displays his gun to prove his claim as a bankrobber, and the target practice, where Clyde teaches Bonnie to shoot through...
...Sheer boredom also stokes the rage. Jails, which are designed for short-term incarceration, provide few educational or work opportunities. Prisons do better. Most offer some courses, though tight budgets have forced cutbacks in recent years; 2 out of 3 prison inmates have work assignments. Even so, a quarter of all prisoners have neither jobs nor classes to engage their time and pent-up energies...
...hour-long speech was an apt symbol of Clinton's presidency after one year: a bold, ungainly, often messy affair that moves in many directions, is impervious to order and yet, by sheer dint of effort, may prove successful. Recent polls have shown that Americans -- whatever they think of his policies and his character -- appreciate Clinton's formidable energy and his doughty resilience. And Clinton knows these traits are his biggest advantages. As he told a senior Republican lawmaker last fall, "I'm a lot like Baby Huey. I'm fat. I'm ugly. But if you push me down...