Search Details

Word: teller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...reduced-rate tickets for students to the Penn and Teller comedy show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Criticism Unfair | 2/24/1993 | See Source »

KEVIN PHILLIPS HAS BUILT A REPUTAtion as the dependable fortune-teller of American politics. BOILING POINT: REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND THE DECLINE OF MIDDLE-CLASS PROSPERITY (Random House; $23) is not as boldly predictive as his earlier books: he compares this nation's fate to that of 17th century Holland and late 19th century England -- two economic powerhouses that declined under the weight of indebtedness at home and overexpansion abroad -- only to suggest later that the parallels may not hold up. But Phillips' statistics and his pictures of suburbia provide a rich backdrop to last November's election -- an instant context...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Feb. 15, 1993 | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

...other business, the council approved $4,000 for Sanders Theater Presents to partially underwrite an upcoming magic show. Sanders will reduce the price of 300 undergraduate tickets to an "Evening with Penn and Teller" from more than $20 to $10. If all 300 tickets are sold, the council will recoup...

Author: By Ivy A. Wang, | Title: Beys Wins in Vote For Council Chair | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

...FORTUNE-TELLERS by Lloyd Alexander, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Dutton; $15). In Cameroon a young carpenter consults the town fortune- teller. "You're going to pay me a nice fee," the seer predicts. What he doesn't foresee is that the laborer will end up as the town fortune-teller. This ingenious adventure suggests the magic of the Arabian Nights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kid-Lit Capers | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

Nonetheless, Perot retained a substantial following even while his image as a can-do truth teller came into question. One reason is a broad loss of confidence in both major parties. That credibility gap has been growing for years, and the punching match this season between Bush and Bill Clinton has widened it. State Department officials did, after all, troll through passport files on Clinton -- and his mother -- looking for information to use against the Democrat. That the Republicans undertook so mindless an excursion gave a trace of credibility to Perot's latest charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perot-Noia | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

Previous | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | Next