Word: thrown
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...point, while scrolling through Nick’s iPod, Norah proclaims, “We are musical soulmates.”In a streak of wild coincidence, they are also regular soulmates. They are shy, defensive, insecure soulmates who never would have met had a screenwriter not thrown them together. Why? It was easier for her to listen to his mix CDs than to get his number and give him a call. She could know him without actually getting to know him.In the information age—or the iPod age—or the indie age, or whatever, music...
...High School’s Student Union (SU) in 2006.When Zisiadis was a junior in high school, filmmakers Caroline Suh and Erika Frankel wanted to make a documentary about the elite New York magnet public school’s SU election. Zisiadis, who had been freshman class president, had thrown his hat into the ring again when filming started in May 2006.The sophomore in Adams House said it was a bit “surreal” to have cameras following him around for a month.“I woke up one morning at 6:30 to leave...
Resilience helps too; every President will get thrown back against a wall and need to come back stronger. Just ask Bill Clinton. So do steadfastness, persistence, conviction. But as soon as you make the list, it mocks you, for history is a dance of luck and intent, and sometimes they trip each other. Wilson was strong enough to win a war but too stubborn to save the peace. Herbert Hoover was "the Great Humanitarian" who saved Belgium from starvation; under the right circumstances, he could have been a great President. But his temperament undermined his talent; he never understood that...
...under relentless pressure from the Crimson’s front four, contributing to two interceptions on the day for a player who came in as the league’s second-leading passer, behind only senior Chris Pizzotti. The interceptions were the seventh and eighth picks Ford has thrown this year, the most in the Ivies. Brown’s Michael Dougherty and Dartmouth’s Alex Jenny are second with six apiece. “I think in the couple sacks they blitzed and we didn’t protect it,” Ford said...
...Given how deeply unpopular Congress is, trying to present himself as a positive vote for divided government makes sense. But why did he wait until he was so close to the finish line to try it? And how will his fellow congressional Republicans running tight races take to being thrown under the bus like that...