Word: closet
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...would vote. The next day, after Ronald Reagan's surprising landslide victory over Jimmy Carter, one of the heretofore faciturn doctors offered an explanation something like this, "I voted for Reagan," he said, with his head turned down a bit. "I guess I was one of the few million closet Reaganires people too embarrassed to admit before the election that we were going to vote for an old actor, someone the IV news portrayed as a non-intellectual with a perpetual "gee whiz, ain't life grand' grin...
...Closet voters help decide elections. And after Walter L. Mondale's clear victory in his first debate with Reagan and Geraldine Ferraro's competent, strong display against George Bush--it's not unlikely that a lot of closet Mondale supporters may just open the door and step out. As ever, television news--and the subtle images networks project are crucial to swaying this important chunk of the electorate. Even the slightest misstep or misstatement can smash candidacies today; commentators seized upon Reagan's "there you go again" line in 1980 to help destroy Carter's credibility. This time the talking...
Adults in the study often went to great lengths to keep their children from becoming computer addicts. Half of the families imposed some kind of time limit on computer use; many imposed physical barriers to restrict youngsters' access to keyboards. One family stashed the machine in a closet to discourage casual play...
There are a lot of factors involved in trying to see that every student has a place other than a storage closet in which to sleep. And most of them should be seriously reevaluated by the COH, housing officials, masters, and administrators...
Although Zaccaro is not running for office, is it possible that he is guilty of legal sleaze? Can his wife be sleazified by "sleaze through association?" Is there sleaze in everyone's closet...