His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a plot and a pattern in the development of his life story-a story that is basically without meaning or pattern [p. 403]. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Too literal for showbiz insiders: "We write the story-a for Eva Longori-a!" ❋ Unknown (2008)
The most "successful" couple in the story-a TV broadcaster (Bruce Davison) and his wife (Andie MacDowell) - have the worst luck: their son (Zane Cassidy) is hit by a car, and his life hangs in the balance through most of the film. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Yet this has been portrayed as inappropriate; for example, the allegations of someone in the military hiring a contractor, and the contractor allegedly paying someone to print a story-a true story-but paying to print a story. ❋ Unknown (2007)
JPOST is an Israeli newspaper and it published the story-a fine move. ❋ Unknown (2007)
They referenced the show's stars in chanting: "We write the story-a for Eva Longoria," and "We write the laughter for Teri Hatcher." ❋ Unknown (2007)
"Horn's Unseleighe," Eric said, making a long story-a very long story-as short as possible. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2005)
One such story-a 1998 piece that detailed how two cyberhackers were able to hack into The New York Times 'Web site and keep it down for eight hours-drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who threatened him with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in 2000. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Try as she might, she couldn't quite get all the elements of her story-a sister, a kid with cerebral palsy and a trip from Russia 22 years ago-together coherently. ❋ Unknown (2001)
It was the same old story-a gang fight, with the broken and bloody losers screaming Assault & Robbery at the top of their punk lungs. ❋ Vachss, Andrew (2000)
There was a running joke among the staff about what the section features: "What sucks this week: going to the Bahamas sucks, cars suck …" "Stories come in as a bona fide journalistic idea and come out as a Weekend story-a lament on the problem of being rich," complained one source familiar with the section. ❋ Unknown (1999)
I was traumatized at age nine by the Dracula story-a school friend had seen the movie and told me about it. ❋ Arensberg, Ann, 1937- (1999)
My father started to tell me a story-a fairy tale-about an evil woman who kept her daughter locked in a closet with mice and bats. ❋ Picoult, Jodi, 1966- (1992)
'Newsteller,' he said, 'how much would you charge to hear my story-a story that will play Tarzak, if done properly. ❋ Longyear, Barry (1981)
To Flying Officer Witt I would say in your name that we have been thrilled with this story-a story told with all the modesty of an airman, and yet a story that leaves every one of us conscious of the fact that he has crowded several lifetimes of experience into a couple of years and even then left much to be told, if he would tell it to us. ❋ Unknown (1942)
Mid-show, Sufjan stopped for ten minutes just to tell his story-a story of love, loss, and isolation. ❋ Marina Keegan (2011)
One kind of story-a springboard story-can spring an audience to a new level of understanding and action; it enables leaders to communicate authentically and inspire enduring enthusiasm for worthy causes. ❋ Steve Denning (2011)
