Word: abely
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...does so within songs, and sometimes within bars. It takes a tight band to pull this off, even in a recording studio. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter and bassist Chi Cheng actually seem to like melody, and they aren't afraid of playing simple, accessible licks with immaculate cleanliness. Drummer Abe Cunningham has a tougher job, trying to set the pace when the pace is constantly changing, but he does it flawlessly. Moreno deserves some credit too. In 2001 one of his vocal cords became paralyzed on a lengthy tour, and it sounds as if he has picked up some technique...
...difference between [Princeton President] Shirley Tilghman and Lawrence Summers is like the difference between Abe Lincoln and Dan Quayle,” West said...
...talk show. MICHAEL JORDAN had the Wizards. After 3 1/2 seasons at the helm of Washington's aggressively mediocre NBA team (and two seasons as the team's oldest and best player), Jordan got his walking papers last week in a rage-filled, 18min. meeting with Wizards' owner Abe Pollin. Jordan argued that as the greatest player in the history of the game--and as the man whose return to the court lined Pollin's pockets with $30 million of unanticipated revenue--he deserved more time to turn things around. Pollin countered that Jordan was a poor executive (he commuted...
...Especially at the beginning of the study of the Soviet economy, Abe Bergson was sort of an oracle. He knew more about it than anyone else,” said Robert M. Solow ’44-’47, a Nobel laureate and emeritus professor of economics at MIT who worked closely with Bergson...
...civil rights legislation took the form of a 24-hour long monologue in 1957, which set the record (still standing) for longest individual filibuster. The previous record (22 hours) was held by Wayne Morse, during a 1953 filibuster against Tidelands Oil legislation. In 1968, Republicans and Southern Democrats filibustered Abe Fortas, Lyndon Johnson's nominee to replace retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. Fortas, who was considered too liberal by many in the Senate, was eventually withdrawn from consideration for the leadership post...