Word: sterne
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Whether or not Hibbs offered his resignation in the wake of Harvard's investigation or whether Harvard demanded it is still unclear. Whichever, the University's ability to remove Hibbs from a position of authority sent a reassuring message to the Harvard community and a stern warning to the faculty that times have changed...
...delivered a fascinating collection of true but unbelievable tales: your basic Yalie-turned-officer-of-the-peace stuff. The particular charm of the book was not only its simple and personal prose but the cultural clash it revealed as the outsider struggled to serve and protect the inbred and stern townspeople...
Frontier life proves a stern test for believers and infidels alike. The only serene person in the tiny settlement is John Chapman, who is a disciple of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg and labors under an angel's commandment to plant apple trees. He will later enter American legend under the name Johnny Appleseed, but for now he serves as a useful emissary between the whites and the nearby encampment of Delaware Indians. The local chief has made a treaty of peace, but he may not be able to restrain his warriors. It is 1812, the British are massing...
...been in situations where a boat wouldn't move out of my way. After shouting at them, 'Move out of my way. If you don't move out of my way I'm going to row right through you,' I started bumping the bow of my boat into the stern of their boat, and I forced them to move over...
...Alice's labors is both accurate and staggeringly bleak. Surely another hoax is at hand? Perhaps Doris Lessing has allowed her name to be used as a pseudonym by some elderly, reactionary male? Not likely. The Good Terrorist has its share of flaws, but Lessing's intelligence and stern conscience come through loud and clear...