Word: subverts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...prior years of sustained prosperity contributed to the same end-giving people of middling status possession of most of the fashions and products (luxury gadgetry, stereos, color TV sets) that only the well-heeled could afford formerly. Then, too, the cultural conniptions of the 1960s and '70s helped subvert the rules of the status game; hell-raising youth provided adult Americans with (besides headaches) liberating proof that it is possible to have a good time while disdaining conventional symbols...
...unionization remain somewhat fuzzy. Just prior to the campaign last spring, Harvard officials gave all University clerical and technical workers the largest raise ever--between 9.5 and 15.5 per cent, depending on the employee's classification. While District 65 immediately pointed to the pay hikes as an attempt to subvert its drive, University administrators pleaded innocence, saying the wage increase was an equitable response to growing inflation...
...battle will be to convince Congress that Pakistan's nuclear program should not preclude a proposed package of $3.8 billion in arms and aid. As Buckley told a House committee recently, the invasion of Afghanistan has made it more important "to keep the Soviets from thinking they can coerce, subvert or intimidate Pakistan." But many Congressmen are concerned that Pakistan will use its arms not to deter the Soviets but to challenge its historic enemy, India. Says India's President, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy: "This could upset the existing balance and start an arms race...
...Hall, Molly Anderson '84 and Benjamin B. Sherwood II '85 of the Democratic side urged national legislation for the restriction of handguns. Their opponents, Conservatives Tom M. Clark '85 and Bennett E. Cooper '83, emphasized the right to bear arms, and both said there was "no compelling reason to subvert that right...
...Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Basil Hume, had been asked to say a prayer during the ceremony, and made his displeasure known in a rhetorical thunderbolt: "May God bless the Prince and his bride-to-be, but may God deliver the House of Windsor from the conspiracy of Rome to subvert the Protestant monarchy...