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...Prerequisite Precluders. Equally bad are the introductory departmental courses: Chem 10, Math 1b, Physics 11, Anthro 10, English 10. Every bit as big and impersonal as monster cores, these first-year ghettos are designed to separate the concentrator wheat from the dilettante chaff. Especially depressing is the perverse encouragement that Harvard advisers give their impressionable charges: "Take introductory courses!" they say, concealing their ignorance of Gov 10's mediocrity. "Fulfill your requirement and get a bird's-eye view of the subject! Get a feel for what the department is like...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Separate And Unequal Academies | 9/22/1990 | See Source »

Analysts offer different estimates of how long food supplies might last, though most agree that no Iraqis will be malnourished for at least a year. Even then, food will not provide the strongest lever for pushing Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. Iraq had a bumper wheat harvest this year and is seasonally self-sufficient in many fruits and vegetables. Much more of the country can -- and no doubt will -- be used to grow food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Measuring The Embargo's Bite | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...also quoted Adlai Stevenson and said they separated the wheat from the chaff and left in the chaff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Rudman: The Iconoclast Of Capitol Hill | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

Iraq's softest spot is food. The country relies on imports for 70% of its wheat and nearly all its chicken feed, meat, cheese, sugar and cooking oil. Most of these foodstuffs come from North America, Europe and Australia. The sanctions exempt food exports if they are justified on humanitarian grounds, but many of Saddam's suppliers have decided to starve him out, at least as long as famine is not imminent. Estimates of how long Iraq's food stores will last range from two to six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: The World Closes In | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

Most of the mystery of this movie lies in its attraction rather than its plot. The movie opens with yuppie couple Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) moving into one of those ridiculously large New York apartments that only people in movies can afford. They're happy, after their fashion--late at night, when Molly can't sleep, she shapes clay phallic symbols on her pottery wheel and Sam wakes up and helps her. Despite the fact his hands are caked with clay, he rubs her thighs. She gets all hot and bothered, and they dance...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Friendy Ghost is Spoof, Not Spook | 7/20/1990 | See Source »

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