Word: weaned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...returns to a climate of "purposeful change," but it is not that easy to wean a bottle baby, and the moving scenes that follow vividly illustrate W.H. Auden's line, "We must love one another or die." Treat Williams, best known for his work in the film Prince of the City, makes a princely return to the stage. As for Philip Bosco, he is an actor's actor who, in his range, finesse, intelligence and discipline, ennobles his craft...
...authors say that the solution to this dangerous predicament is to wean energy users away from Middle Eastern oil. To achieve this, Global Insecurity urges a three-pronged effort: finding new reserves, developing alternative sources like solar power and syn thetic fuels, and conserving energy by using it more efficiently...
...extended families, might have to concern themselves with helping the old and the disabled is relatively new in history. Imperial Germany in 1889 enacted the first pension plan, financed by equal contributions from employers and employees, largely because Chancellor Otto von Bismarck saw it as a method to wean the masses away from socialism. As he explained candidly: "Whoever has a pension for his old age is far more content and far easier to handle than one who has no such prospect." Similar plans were adopted by most other major industrial nations over the next three decades...
...cuts in social spending, Lekachman says that, contrary to Administration work ethic homilies, cutting welfare benefits to the working poor will discourage work in many cases. Of course, the Reagan budget cuts are designed to wean us of our dependence on Washington. But Lekachman makes the more realistic suggestion that the cuts will merely intensify the politically divisive scramble among interest groups to get on board the rapidly departing federal gravy train...
...convinced that the taste of salt masks the natural flavor of foods-a lifelong coverup. If you wish to wean your taste buds away from salt, the object is to find other flavors that will distract your palate...