Word: sopping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...turned down; she is given three days to leave the house where she has spent her life. So much for the meek. But Author Paton deals not only with those who dare not fight back. In Debbie Go Home, a young colored girl dreams of the party, a sop to her people really, which the white administrator of the province has organized. It promises only a false happiness, but her mother wants her to have one night and one dress she can remember. When her militant father and brother forbid her to accept the invitation, something more human and complex...
...Sop. In San Diego, a police headquarters shop that sells coffee and doughnuts on the honor system reported its most successful month of the year-a loss of only...
...when she says it is. Nevertheless, even though he hates Indians as only a man can whose father has been killed by them, he defends the little "red Niggah" against the Kiowas, who fight to get her back; against the other ranchmen, who want to throw her as a sop to the raiding tribesmen; against his own brother (Murphy), whose love for his adopted sister is dissolved in hatred of her race; and even against herself, when she tries to go back to her people. Sexual love and physical violence somewhat confuse the racial issue, but the sex is interpreted...
...find no girl to go a la bois (parking), he may sop (drink) and get sobe (drunk). But a clanked lad sometimes decides to cooperate with the Vatican (the Administration building). He turns from a crip (easy course) and throws himself into cemetery working (tough studying). After hard work, his grades should be boxed, racked or knocked. But if he is still not sure whether he can grease (just pass), he may turn rider (cribber). He finds a pony to ride or gets a cheat sheet and then, all saddled up, feels ready to face even Flunkenstein, the prof...
...committee. In a secret vote 89 delegates voted to continue in the Alliance, with 60 opposed. Hurrying to the Tengku with the news, Lim mopped his brow as the Prince, pressing his advantage, demanded that the Chinese party expel "irresponsible members responsible for the crisis." Then, as a small sop, he promised that the number of Chinese to be named on the coalition ticket would be raised from...