Search Details

Word: slipperyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

The difference is largely Lee. He can be a deadly drop-back passer, picking zone defenses apart with consistent accuracy, or a slippery scrambler. In sending the Vikings to their first loss of the season, Lee left defensive stalwarts Carl Eller and Alan Page grabbing air time after time until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: General Lee's Legion | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

SENATOR GEORGE AIKEN, Moderate Republican from Vermont: The White House has handled its domestic troubles with such relentless incompetence that those of us who would like to help have been like swimmers searching for a way out of the water only to run into one slippery rock after another. [But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Impeach or Resign: Voices in a Historic Controversy | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

The weather could also become a factor, as the Astro-turf on Franklin Field becomes slippery when wet and the ball tends to skid. Monro said the game will speed up under such conditions and hurt Harvard's chances.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, Penn Booters Clash for Second Tonight | 11/2/1973 | See Source »

The Phantoms were rushed off to Israel without public debate, but in confidence that the American public would approve. In the emergency, presumably no political conditions were asked of Israel either: this was not the time. A month ago such American aid to Israel might have risked Arab displeasure, even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: How Deep Is the U.S. Commitment to Israel? | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

All these opportunities come to bad ends because Christian's outrage keeps breaking through his overcourteous exterior. He tells off brand-new widows who complain about their dead husbands' makeup. He is too quick with his fists, which are surprisingly effective. Yet Donleavy's New Yorkers are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

Previous | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | Next