Word: slewed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...defeat. But by the time he had won the Derby, the Preakness and-by the length of a football field-the Belmont Stakes, that was forgotten. Racing had gone 25 years between Triple Crowns, making the feat seem mystical. Then, at a gallop, came Triple Crown Winners Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978), and other demonstrably splendid horses of the '70s: Spectacular Bid, Alydar, Ruffian...
...money in the mens' possession; they were indicted on the word of a single, unidentified police informant. According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which will defend Williams and Geter, the police of Greensville arranged a frame-up in order to "solve" a slew of successful robberies in the area...
...setting. Unlike the grand and spacious Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, where John and Robert Kennedy had launched their bids for the White House, Room 4232 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building is small and comparatively humble. Packed inside with a slew of Kennedy family members were the usual political retainers and loyal supporters, gathered together for the occasion: not the launching but the scuttling of a presidential bid. Announced Edward Kennedy last week: "I will not be a candidate for President of the United States...
Like it or not, the "People" section is America-But so, one might note, are a whole slew of magazines dedicated t the heady stuff of glamorous gossip-People, Us, The National Enquirer, and others. Why don't i read them? These mindless mags may contain the same tasty tidbits Time brings us, but they suffer from another peculiarly American phenomenon, overkill. There's just too much there, and besides, the average Time reader has qualms about sporting a copy of this week's Enquirer on the coffee table. There are image problems...
...year, and he lived very well. He established a free-spending corporate style, flying the expensive Concorde on his numerous trips across the Atlantic and often insisting on being met at airports, just like the Detroit executive he used to be. De Lorean dabbled in a slew of other businesses, from snowmobiles to buses, and left a trail of corporations registered in Nevada and Michigan. In time, he seemed to lose interest in running the automobile business, and was seldom seen in Belfast. One Wall Streeter who observed the goings-on at De Lorean's company summed things...