Word: amassed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tsongas' showing, which was far stronger than anticipated, coupled with Clinton's failure to amass a majority guarantees that Tsongas will think seriously about re-entering the race. He said last night that he would announce a decision by the end of the week...
...General Secretary of the Communist Party, Stalin appeared, calculatedly, to be simply an organization man. But he was far more than that because he had perfected the technique of using the details of organization to amass political power. Once he became the vozhd, the master, he ruthlessly annihilated all those who once were loyal to Lenin and all who might consider questioning his authority...
...Crayons or pencil leads stuck in inch-thick twigs (complete with bark) are unwieldy and rough to the touch, and contribute (as do the combs) to deforestation through the unnecessary and wasteful use of wood. Besides, at $3.50 a crayon, it would take a month's wages to amass a 64-color...
...Kittredge's only child, a teenage son. Though in a wheelchair, Harlot has forgiven Harry's betrayal with Kittredge sufficiently to enlist him in a top-secret investigation of the agency; both are trying to learn about "the High Holies," a code name for a possible CIA subplot to amass funding secretly by tapping into the deliberations of the Federal Reserve Board. As Harlot explains to Harry, "Advance information on when the Federal Reserve is going to shift the interest rate is worth, conservatively, a good many billions...
Helping the band amass those electrifying stats is a remarkably loyal core of "Deadhead" fans. But the competition was hurt by something less remarkable: the recession. Concert business is off 25% compared with last year's first half. Some managers are reluctant to send their artists on tour in such an inhospitable climate...