Word: overwhelm
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...President Al Gore got himself in trouble with the following jab at North's $17 million war chest: "He is banking on the fact that he can raise enough money from the extreme right-wing -- the extra-chromosome right wing -- to come in and buy enough advertising to just overwhelm the truth with blatant falsehoods." North's campaign staff seized on the phrase to accuse Gore of insensitivity to children with Down's Syndrome, pointing out that extra chromosomes cause the condition. Gore soon apologized, calling his remark "inappropriate" and "insensitive...
That international-aid spigot will close quickly, however, if Aristide strays too far from the orthodoxies of free-market democracy. He will have to make sure his preferences for social spending do not overwhelm the development of a paying economy. U.S. officials will be watching closely to ensure he keeps his ideological fervor in check. "President Aristide and President Clinton probably don't see the world the same way," warns a State Department aide. "Aristide's view of modern society stands well to the left of mainstream America. It is going to require a lot of blood-pressure medication...
...haunting voice of Darth Vader, actor James Earl Jones warned the graduates of New York University that they were facing "new worlds of technology so fast that if they don't throw you into a catatonic fit, they will challenge your imagination just to keep up, and threaten to overwhelm your ability to absorb...
...playing the lead character's daughter when, in fact, she plays his colleague: the role of the daughter, Karin (not Joanne) is played by Jessica Semerjian, an actress who neither looks nor sounds anything like Genevieve. I cannot accept Ms. Lee's remark that "the acoustics of the auditorium overwhelm the singers" as an excuse for confusing such a basic element of the plot...
Unfortunately, the technical problems of the musical impede the presentation and examination of the situation. Although the orchestra plays from the upper balcony of the Agassiz Theater, the acoustics of the auditorium and the size of the orchestra overwhelm the singers nonetheless. Their sung words remain buried under the sheer volume of the instruments; since the musical has little spoken dialogue to clarify the characters' identities and actions, much of the plot goes unexplained...