Word: spread
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
CRISIS: URBAN EDUCATION (PBS, April 10 and 17, 10 p.m. on most stations). The ills of big-city schools -- and some of their successes -- are explored in four half-hour documentaries, spread over two weeks...
FISHING AROUND. James Baker is not immune from presidential ambitions, but as a Texan he's effectively prevented from becoming George Bush's running mate in 1992. The Secretary of State, however, owns a spread in Wyoming, the state where he very publicly entertained Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last September. If Baker switched his official residence, he could replace Dan Quayle in 1992 or run for the Senate in 1994. For the moment, aides dismiss such speculation, pointing out that the only structure on the property is a "small fishing shack." It could be a good place to wait...
...superpowers and Europeans may now be persuaded to renew efforts in Geneva to halt the spread of nuclear and chemical weapons. But the sad fact is that rulers like Saddam, whose country has already signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, operate outside international law. And thus it is only a matter of time before someone as single-minded as Saddam acquires the ability to annihilate a foe with atomic weapons...
Continuing his one-man crusade to fight the alleged "spread of collegesponsored depravity," a 1966 Harvard alumnus has sent letters to parents of male undergraduates warning that their sons are in imminent danger of becoming "pederasts" and "sodomists...
...plane landed, the pilot announced the time--2.15 p.m. Nine minutes before our scheduled arrival time. A collective groan spread through the cabin. Then the plane began to taxi. And taxi. And it kept on taxiing. We did a tour of the entire LaGuardia runway system. Finally, we arrived at the gate...