Word: catching
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...package of his favorite tobacco, ending a three-month attempt at quitting his sheesha. A sheesha is an elaborate water pipe, with a glass bowl base, topped by brass fittings called 'alb al-sheesha, or "heart of the sheesha." "Above this fans out a copper dish that serves to catch any coals or ash falling from the haggar or "stone." Smoke is drawn through the lay (hose) which is connected to the 'alb al-sheesha...
...tactical error on my part. When I was clear of the leader, the pack pulled out all the stops to catch us," Jones said. "By the time I responded, it was too late. I got out-kicked...
...Maureen Dean sitting primly behind her husband John during the Watergate hearings. Father and daughter avoided looking at each other. But when Eileen sheepishly admitted that she considered undergoing hypnosis for weight loss (hypnosis- induced memories are inadmissible in California criminal trials), George Franklin smiled and tried to catch his daughter's eye, as if he saw for a moment his pudgy little girl, not the accuser who sent him to prison...
...last year that debating flag burning laws is like "chasing a gnat around the light bulb as the planet is burning down." If a few key legislators have their way, Congress this summer is going to try chasing that gnat all over again--and this time, it may actually catch...
...least for the moment, they've decided to fish in the tuition pond. If they don't catch anything there, they might go back and send another CID about financial aid," he said...