Search Details

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


Usage:

Two weeks ago the store front on West Congress St. that now boasts brilliant red and white bunting and the omniscient countenance of John Bayard Anderson looked like many others in Detroit--broken glass, beer bottles and splintered plywood showcased behind a smudged display window.

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Detroit Anderson Headquarters Opens In Backwash of Republican Convention | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

Tornadoes are the most violent of storms. Striking with little warning, they cut a narrow swath of almost complete destruction. Cars are hurled into the air and houses are splintered into kindling wood. By last week several outbreaks of tornadoes had already occurred in the South and Midwest, causing injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A New Twist in Forecasting | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

Bones splintered shattered dissolve in my skin My torso melts, it flows out my shin Open so open, a circular market Cut on my forehead, it glows in the dark

Author: By Scott J. Michaelsen, | Title: Dada for Lunch | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

To appraise the Supreme Court a decade after Warren Burger became Chief Justice, TIME interviewed several of the Justices, dozens of their law clerks, and scholars across the land. One finding: after ten years at the helm of the nation 's highest tribunal, Burger has yet to demonstrate the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Inside the High Court | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

The plot condenses the turmoil of the 1960s, exploring dislocations between generations, races and cultures. Lev, a Russian dissident, joins his family in the U.S. after 20 years of imprisonment. He finds that his disaffected son Yuri is entangled through a girlfriend in a feud with a Muhammad Ali-like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Healing Spring | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

Previous | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | Next