Word: strides
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sometimes the ads are quirkily self-conscious. "Ahem," began one suitor in the New York Review of Books. "Decent, soft-spoken sort, sanely silly, philosophish, seeks similar." Then he started to hit his stride: "Central Jersey DM WASP professional, 38, 6 ft.2", slow hands, student of movies and Marx, gnosis and news, craves womanish companionship...
Rosegrant speaks matter-of-factly about that decision two years ago, and it seems clear that the senior has, characteristically, taken the shift in stride. When she doesn't like something, she stops doing it. "I basically hated high school," she says, chuckling. Consequently, she skipped out a half semester early to make money for an expedition to the Phillipines...
...essays collected represent the years from 1977 to 1984. The later ones are the better crafted; Epstein seems to have hit perfect stride. Felicitous phrases, crisp construction, and clever cadences abound. Graced with wit, critical authority, and several rounds of silver bullets. Sheriff Epstein should make the literary delinquents quake...
...rocky slightly, kicked and fired the ball to the catcher with his huge, determined stride...
Harrington takes this all in stride, calling foosball an "athletic event." He says that since he has started playing foosball, his wrists have built up and he has developed backaches. "When you're playing fast and furious action for an hour, you can be sweating You come upstairs and your shirt's drenched...