Word: wave
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Primakov cannot wave Russia's current disaster away. Wages have to be paid on time, even if the government still cannot afford payment of back salaries for a while. The nation's idled factories have to start production again--even if they are not producing anything of great quality. Moscow theorists say the Russian public gives its leaders a three-month honeymoon. Primakov, who took office in September, is halfway through his. It is time to step out from the shadows...
...Washington's World Resources Institute brought together executives from GM, British Petroleum and Monsanto to pledge that their companies would contribute less to the greenhouse effect. "There is a rising tide of environmental awareness," says incoming Ford chairman William Clay Ford Jr. "Smart companies will get ahead of the wave. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout...
...Like the waves on the surface of the sea, the long-run tide is clearly out, and each wave makes it less far up the beach," Putnam wrote...
...dusk settled over the heart of Roxbury at 5:30 p.m., Allen was still waiving her sign and politicking with the last wave of voters...
...Morrison, Jerry Garcia and Deep Throat (the Watergate source, not the porn flick) to lash out at his favorite targets: a corrupt campaign-finance system, the sensationalist media and, most of all, career politicians. Students in the audience at Northfield's St. Olaf College hooted, applauded and did the Wave to show their appreciation. "He wants to help people," said David Parker, a starstruck St. Olaf sophomore who plans to vote for Ventura. "He's like a father figure...