Search Details

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


Usage:

...song Cop Killer is as bad as they come. This is black anger -- raw, rude and cruel -- and one reason the song's so shocking is that in postliberal America, black anger is virtually taboo. You won't find it on TV, not on the McLaughlin Group or Crossfire, and certainly not in the placid features of Arsenio Hall or Bernard Shaw. It's been beaten back into the outlaw subcultures of rap and rock, where, precisely because it is taboo, it sells. And the nastier it is, the faster it moves off the shelves. As Ice-T asks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . Or Is It Creative Freedom? | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...Syracuse University graduate students was doing. As part of Keller's graduate class in materials science, the student was trying out various chemicals to see if there was some agent that would allow drills to penetrate coal more easily. When he applied ammonia, explained Keller, the raw coal broke down into fine particles, separating the purer hydrocarbons from rock and pyritic sulfur and significantly reducing its ash content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing the American Dream | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...screen draw. He took two roles Richard Pryor had rejected, in 48 HRS. and Trading Places, and overtook Pryor as the top black film star. He stepped into a Sylvester Stallone part, in Beverly Hills Cop, and strutted to the top of the world. Cop II was even bigger. Raw, a concert film, and Coming to America cemented his grand rep. He had a hit pop single and sold-out tours. Fast Eddie had become Vast Eddie -- and then, as sure as excess follows success, Half-Vast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Still Love Eddie? | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...Raw Power. The American spirit defined. How do I get to Braintree?" Washington Post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Slice of Life | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

Shellfish are also highly susceptible to bacterial and viral contamination, since they live close to the shore, where pollution tends to be worst. Cooking generally destroys the microbes that infect shellfish, but eating raw clams, ^ oysters and other shellfish is linked to nearly 1,000 cases of hepatitis each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Your Fish Really Foul? | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

First | Previous | 422 | 423 | 424 | 425 | 426 | 427 | 428 | 429 | 430 | 431 | 432 | 433 | 434 | 435 | 436 | 437 | 438 | 439 | 440 | 441 | 442 | Next | Last