Word: slamming
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fight as part of PETA’s “rather go naked than wear fur” campaign, they attracted a horde of students, press and local residents to the Square. Yet in spite of the event’s popularity, the college community was quick to slam PETA for pushing an absurd “pet” cause and using extremist tactics...
...nose ahead of Sean Penn. I personally felt Ben Kingsley had the performance of the year, and his visceral anguish in House of Sand and Fog was a masterfully controlled performance, especially when contrasted with Penn’s rather blunt stabs at the agony of child loss (slam table here, deliver choked up yelp there...
Mitchell says it was an issue for a handful of readers who called the Times to slam its decision to hire a black film critic...
...most impressive aspect of the overall contest, however, was Harvard’s ability to slam the door shut when it mattered. No. 8 Stephanie Hendricks, after claiming a 2-0 lead on two close games, had to fend off a fierce retaliation from Lorin Riley, who roared back to take the third game 9-1. Down 2-5 in the fourth game, Hendricks rallied to tie the score at five-all, pumping her fist and screaming, “let?...
...popular boss victimized by Hutton, complaining that the government had gotten to pick its own referee and that the report was legally peculiar. He promised a detailed rebuttal. Campbell is now a private citizen - he left Downing Street last fall as he realized his high-profile campaign to slam the BBC over Gilligan had drained his effectiveness. Last week he could not stay off the airwaves or resist trumpeting his sense of vindication. Any more turmoil or high-profile errors from BBC News - which showed its underlying strengths last week with admirably balanced reports on its own boardroom agonies...