Word: topping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Quinn, who happens to be his wife of 14 months, as a "son of a bitch of a good story." He described the photograph as "very suggestive." At the White House, which has lately had frosty relations with .the Post, the retraction was a delicious victory. Said one top aide: "This is the newspaper they made the big movie about [All the President's Men]. About how they had six sources for everything and how they agonized over what they would print on Watergate. I guess they're more worried about their treatment of criminals than their treatment...
...disciplining of Küng for "contempt" of church doctrinal authority came only three days after the Vatican had questioned another top theologian, Edward Schillebeeckx of The Netherlands. Panciroli said the juxtaposition of the two events was coincidental, but that sidestepped the main point. As one Vatican official put it privately, "John Paul II is cracking down, and he is picking the big ones first." To other observers in Rome, the only question is: Who will be next...
Today the pendulum is swinging back in favor of preaching. When search committees are scouting about for a minister to hire, the top things they are likely to look for are, as an old adage puts it, 1) Preaching. 2) Preaching. 3) Preaching. Right now there are around 200,000 Protestant preachers in America. Anyone presuming to choose the best would be guilty of the sin of pride, not to mention some shortage of charity and common sense. The following seven stars of the pulpit selected by TIME'S editors and correspondents across the country are at the very...
What's that angry green parrot doing on top of that mound of cotton-candy hair? And who is that in such an enormous wedding dress, balancing the cake, complete with bride and groom, on top of her head? Isn't the answer obvious by now? She is, as she announces in the opening number of her new Broadway show, "the big noise from Winnetka." She does not, in fact, come from Winnetka, but Bette Midler is the biggest noise-and one of the biggest talents...
...Top of the Hill, Shaw