Search Details

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


Usage:

...that the Cup isn't exciting enough for American audiences. Maybe so and maybe not. Pick up that remote control and switch away from a Cup game and what do you find? Golf, bowling, and gymnastics. This is a country that tunes in to watch T.V. stars take a whack at an obstacles course. We're clearly not against boredom in our sports...

Author: By Edward F. Mulkerin iii, | Title: World Cup Fever | 7/12/1994 | See Source »

...particularly noteworthy sign of theabsence of unity, the starting time for thecampaign of the high profile Law School is nearlythree years out of whack with the rest of thedrives. The Law School didn't even wait for therest of the University to kick off its effort...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: Driving Over Divisions | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...some conservative Democrats are shifting into stronger opposition to what they call socialized medicine. Instead, they champion what they describe as relatively simple reforms to make health insurance more secure and less expensive. Clinton's supporters argue that halfway measures will throw the system even further out of whack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Premium Fits All? | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...deficit accumulated because the University began to pay out more for its employee benefits packages than it was collecting for those from its 10 different faculties, officials have said. In addition, nationally rising costs have made the price of health care "out of whack" with what the University could reasonably expect to charge its employees...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Employee Benefits May be Reduced | 5/18/1994 | See Source »

Long before Fiske is ready to make any legal moves, though, the Stephanopoulos-Ickes-Altman-Stephens story will make a mighty stick Republicans will use to whack the White House. And more questions will be asked during the (probably separate) Senate and House investigations that Senate Republican leader Bob Dole predicted might get under way around May 1. That the House will match the Senate in conducting such hearings became likely -- though not quite certain -- last week, in somewhat roundabout fashion. Henry Gonzalez, chairman of the House Banking Committee, abruptly canceled a hearing into RTC matters last Thursday at which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Line of Fire | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

Previous | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | Next