Word: myth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...value, something pure and honest, are sure to mention the desperate background and paradoxical gentleness, which even Tyson has in some supply. "I guess it's pretty cool," he says, to be the natural heir to John L. Sullivan, to hold an office of such immense stature and myth, to be able to drum a knuckle on the countertop and lick any man in the house...
...Tony Cipollone $400,000 in compensatory damages for its contribution to his wife's death. Of more than 300 lawsuits filed against tobacco companies since 1954, this case was the first in which the defendant was held at least partly liable or ordered to pay damages. "The myth of the tobacco industry's invincibility has been shattered once and for all," declared Alan Darnell, an attorney for Cipollone...
...superman myth is reinforced by the fact that he can "push a button" and destroy large swaths of the globe. But that is a wholly unused and wholly unusable power. In reality, the American President is one of the least powerful chief executives in the West. He cannot even pass his own budget, a minimal attribute of governance...
With the Washington Monthly's piquant mixture of myth-piercing reporting and clear-eyed opinions, Peters created a new style of journalism that looked at Washington, in his words, "the way that an anthropologist looks at a South Sea island." Equally important, he trained a cadre of young followers who went on to apply his rigorously intellectual approach at larger publications...
...evidence supports what Floyd knew. In fact, just in time for the basketball playoffs, Stanford Psychologist Amos Tversky released a study that seems to make a myth of the shooter's hot hand. "Very often," says Tversky, "the search for explanation in human affairs is a rejection of randomness." But randomness has a difficult time explaining Larry Bird. Stumbling through the lane in the deciding game of Boston's series with Atlanta, Bird made such an improbable wrong-handed hook shot that he demanded the ball back on the next play, explaining later, "I wanted...