Search Details

Word: sled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Camera Angle Most Reminiscent of an N.Y.U. Student Film: CBS's shot from inside U.S. bobsled driver Brian Shimer's sled. The view: the inside of the sled and Shimer's legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lillehammer Babylon an Opinionated Winter Olympics Roundup | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...never, to the best of my memory, had a strong urge to lie on greased-up, aerodynamic sled that flies off in a different at 80 mph with the slightest wrong body movement. Maybe I'm weird that...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Winter Games | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

...trooped out of their Sarajevo apartment building to play. It seemed safe enough; the Serb artillery batteries lining the hilltops around the city had been quiet for several days. Besides, the children were inside a U.N.-declared safe zone. As the Muslim boys and girls shouted and rode their sled, 120-mm mortar shells landed with a roar. The children dropped to the ground and then, when more explosions followed, ran for the beckoning safety of their building. Inside, fearful families rushed to the windows. As they watched, a shell exploded just behind the running children. The fresh snow instantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Savagery in The Safe Zone | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

Anchorage native Owen S. Wozniak '97 and his family are also preparing for the Russian invasion. "We're asking immigrants from Afghanistan how to best protest yourself from Russian tanks and increasing the size of our dog sled team so we can out run the Russians," he says...

Author: By Alberta Laktonen, | Title: Better Dead Than Red? | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

Apart from unsafe wenching, Kennedy was not as reckless as the subtitle proclaims. He cut up a bit at prep school and wrote raunchy, callow letters ("Have jewed sled down to $3 and maybe down more"). But there was none of the wildness usually associated with offspring of rich, flamboyant families. Instead we find a likable boy with a cool head and an IQ of 119 who was more interested in good times than good grades. He was a competent sailor, played some football and swam competitively until stomach trouble, fevers and a puzzling weight loss curtailed his activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jumpin'Jack Flash | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next