Search Details

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


Usage:

"The defenders and I were kicking ourselves after that goal," Albers said. With 50 seconds left, Harvard led Princeton, 4-1. "It was raining and the shot was a header. It squibbed past me on sort of a tricky hop. I had no complaints, though. We had beaten Princeton and...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, | Title: Albers: An Inspiration for All on Both Fields of Play | 4/9/1997 | See Source »

HEBRON: One day after President Clinton met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in search of common ground over the troubled Middle East relations, Hebron suffered its bloodiest riots in months as some called for a return to the Intefadeh. Jewish seminary students shot and killed one Palestinian, sparking five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Return to the Intefadeh? | 4/8/1997 | See Source »

The next piece was Williams' bassoon concerto, The Five Sacred Trees. According to Williams' program notes on his piece, it was inspired by the writings of poet Robert Graves about the prayers that ancient Celtic tribes incanted before felling a tree. While each tree had its own prayer, Williams invokes...

Author: By Jamie L. Jones, | Title: Peculiar Partners: The Piper and the Pops | 4/3/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: After weeks of increasingly blunt hints from Fed Chairman Greenspan, the Federal Reserve pulled the trigger Tuesday, announcing a quarter-point increase in interest rates. The central bank raised its federal funds rate, the rate charged for overnight loans between banks, from 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fed Moves To Block Inflation | 3/25/1997 | See Source »

I've never gone to a match or sat in on a practice, but that's what's so fun about covering golf. Total anonymity provides for maximum imagination. I've never lied about scores or performances, but it's always fun to embelish: "Choo left his tricky left-to...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Spring Season Malaise | 3/20/1997 | See Source »

Previous | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | Next