Search Details

Word: dame (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...tourists was destroying the 17,000-year-old paintings on their walls. Now Lascaux II, a replica built nearby in 1983 to give visitors a sense of the Cro-Magnon artwork, has become so overcrowded that entry is limited to 2,000 a day. The great Cathedral of Notre Dame in the heart of Paris has yet to take such extreme measures, but it may soon have to: more than 11.5 million people visited the church last year to admire its Gothic architecture and rose windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tourism: Elbow-to-Elbow at the Louvre | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

Tomassoni, who would later become one of the collegiate game's best recruiters, was sought by both the Rensselaer and Notre Dame programs. He never looked at sentimental favorite University of Minnesota, despite being a Golden Gopher...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Tomassoni and Harvard: Married From the Start | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

This wanderlust brought him to Rensselaer, although the choice between the Engineers and the Irish was mostly a financial decision. Rensselaer offered a full, four-year grant-in-aid scholarship, while Notre Dame proferred a partial scholarship...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Tomassoni and Harvard: Married From the Start | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Tomassoni's efforts were not unnoticed. In 1987, Notre Dame once again expressed interest in him, this time as a head coach...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Tomassoni and Harvard: Married From the Start | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Most Principled Congressperson Would nobody step forward and accept responsibility for the $500 billion S&L debacle? Wait! Who's that dowdy Representative resigning her seat to atone for Congress's sins? Lacey Davenport, the heart-of-gold legislator from the glorious state of Doonesbury. The grande dame was swept back into office in a write-in campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Most of Ethics | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

First | Previous | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | Next | Last