Word: webers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...example, in "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," her approach is almost timid. She floats over the notes instead of taking them by the throat in her usual manner. But hey, this is Evita we're talking about. Everyone knows Evita (there's a picture of Andrew Lloyd Weber in the dictionary next to "cultural literacy"). And it's still Sinead! "I Want to Be Loved By You" contains a real lyrical bon-bon, Sinead O'Connor singing...
...Washington and Oregon, where phylloxeras have also been spotted, the lice feed on roots as deep as 6 ft. beneath the soil, leaving them susceptible to soil fungus and other infections. Roots under attack become swollen and deformed; eventually the vine and its grapes shrivel and die. Says Ed Weber, a Napa County viticultural adviser: "It looks like someone took a blowtorch to them...
...hadn't thought about whether we might have accomplished more. I think somewhere along the line the Congress decided we're just going to have to go to battle with the President. And I'm criticized, perhaps justifiably so, by some -- you've mentioned Weber -- for trying too much to work with Congress. So maybe there's something to that, I don't know...
...granting China most-favored-nation status were voted down, the Buchanan camp did win a provision favoring tougher measures against illegal immigration from Mexico. The new plank supported placing "structures" along the border, a variation of Buchanan's idea of building frontier fences. "That's wacko," remarked Congressman Vin Weber of Minnesota, a conservative whose main concern is fiscal policy...
...Weber belongs to the faction that has been pressing Bush to promote a bolder economic-growth program. After fencing over nuances with White House agents supervising the platform, the Weber group won a few concessions. One called for the "ultimate" repeal of the tax increases imposed in the 1990 deficit- reduction deal between Bush and Capitol Hill. That Bush went along with the compromise still rankles many conservatives, though others feel that the deficit would be even worse without it. Weber, who is quitting Congress, mourns the loss of fervor for Reaganomics. "It's discouraging," he says, "how little supply...