| 单词 | dead set |
| 例句 | But tonight my mother is dead set on me watching television with her while she crafts props for the pageant’s opening dance number. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You’re probably right. But it’s easy to get turned around in a place like this at night. I was dead set on keeping the path we’d followed straight in my head.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His eyes were dead set on the horizon. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She had her mind dead set on messing up Big Joe’s funeral. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Your grampa and his friends in the White Citizens’ Council are pretty worked up over it They’re dead set on keeping the colored schools separate from the white. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He tells Alex in a low voice how his parents met—Princess Catherine, dead set on being the first princess with a doctorate, mid-twenties and wading through Shakespeare. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The rate of survival when a mob of dead set in on a settlement ain’t good, according to the headline I saw in the paper. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But right now, my brain is dead set on reminding me how gross I look when I’m sleeping. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Most passengers were in favor of the stereotype, while the majority of airport employees seemed dead set against it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z While the white settlers in Natal were happy to have cheap Indian labor, they were dead set against allowing Indians to live there as equals. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Not to mention the fact that Simon spent hundreds of dollars on application fees alone, even though he’s dead set on NYU. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But he was dead set on finding out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Your pa was dead set on that dress. I figured—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Why are you so dead set against it, I wonder?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z These characters, led by rebel extraordinaire Guy Debord, were dead set on cultural subversion, changing the world through art and ideas. Le punk 2011-03-03T04:51:48Z Defiant, hard-boiled Sister, who is approaching 30, is dead set on stardom, which she will do anything to achieve. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Sparkle,’ With Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks 2012-08-17T15:03:02Z For dead set Dead Heads, these are their last stadium shows, too. Grateful Dead 'Fare Thee Well' Tour Gets Down to the Music 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z And Norma becomes dead set, literally, on stopping Joe from returning to his previous life as a copy editor at the Dayton Evening Post. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z But if you’re dead set on naming a salmon after your former lover, at least this way you get to make a bear happy. Be mine, love bug? The new Valentine jape: name a cockroach after your ex 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Star also runs a class called Pop Fit, where you work on the muscles needed for aerial work; if I were dead set on it, I’d alternate with that. Fit in my 40s: an aerial class? I’d rather be on the ground, watching | Zoe Williams 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Indeed, he is dead set against both sides of the peculiar cultural balance that prevails at universities: diversity and careerism. Two Views of the Tumult on American Campuses 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “We are dead set against overpopulating this area with works of art,” said Lawrence J. Wheeler, the museum’s director. A Park as an Extension of the Museum Itself 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z He's "dead set" against the sequencing of newborns. My own genome project 2013-06-08T18:45:00Z This is an indie comedy that seems dead set on repeating every dishonest movie cliche about psychiatric hospitals. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z In a country so dead set on controlling and policing women's bodies and our reproductive rights, privacy is literally all we have when it comes to our personal choices about pregnancy. Stop speculating and judging whether or not a woman is pregnant 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Gabriel thought Philip should be allowed to decide about meeting his own son, but Claudia was dead set against it, saying — plausibly — that preventing it would be for Philip’s own protection. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap: Whole Lotta Shakin’ 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Unlike Mr. Giboulot, who said he would treat his vines with natural pesticides if they were truly threatened, Mr. Bellotti is dead set against them. In France, Pesticides Get in Way of Natural Wines 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Finally the film mutates into a supernatural horror, replete with spooky graveyards, mystery illnesses, paranormal arson and white-eyed zombie-like creatures dead set on revenge. Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed race girl, there’s a visible and invisible side of you' 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z This means less than half of the couples have experienced the eternal love that the show is so dead set on telling us that it produces. "Love Is Blind" hasn't really worked since the first season, so why are we still watching? 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Not so long ago it seemed as if the Disney-owned studio was dead set on continuing to milk the original trilogy. Can Star Wars finally shake off the shadow of the original trilogy? 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z My wife is not dead set against the idea of sending the kids to the local school, but she is far from convinced that it makes sense. Motherlode Blog: Why I Want to Choose the ‘Disadvantaged’ Local School (and Why I Might Not) 2013-05-30T18:30:20Z Happily, the answer is: a superb suspense writer who is dead set on making her own distinctive mark on the governess-alone-with-weird-children-in-an-isolated-house formula. Review | Think you’ve read every twist on the nanny-in-distress novel? Ruth Ware adds a new wrinkle. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Ai Weiwei fights HIV/AIDS with love Topics: , , Ai Weiwei, HIV, , Animation, , Would you think an artist dead set on destroying ancient vases would be quite so romantic? Ai Weiwei fights HIV/AIDS with love 2013-02-17T23:00:00Z This is a guy who met a girl at 15 years old and is so dead set on making her his that after a while you don’t know if it is about love. Omari Hardwick on Taming His Drug Kingpin Persona on ‘Power’ 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Lead singer Dan Reynolds said the group was "dead set" on being an independent act. Rising in rock: Imagine Dragons making moves 2013-03-04T16:52:11Z Charlie Sykes, an influential conservative host in Milwaukee, was dead set against Trump from the start and ended up forfeiting his radio show over it. Glenn Beck wants to heal the America he divided — one hug at a time 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z She encourages her clients to do yoga or attend a Pilates class if they are dead set on physically taxing workouts. As millennials flock to high-intensity workouts, hip pain follows 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z I don't dare make any predictions about how things are going to shape up, beyond the dead set certainty that it's going to be interesting. Not the Booker prize 2012: It's back. Nominate now 2012-07-26T10:32:27Z Black women are enthralled, moved to tears, and motivated to unpack baggage and trauma, dead set on seeking support within the sisterhood because of “Lemonade.” bell hooks vs. Beyoncé: What this feminist scholarly critique gets wrong about “Lemonade” and liberation 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Washington is dead set on getting us there. Our Favorite Songs of 2018 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z If you are dead set on a white, I would also let acidity be my guide. Roasted Chicken Makes Everything Better 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But if she’s dead set against the relationship, try to get comfortable with its new shape. My Ex and I Are Friends. Why Won’t His Wife Accept That? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The real villain here is capitalism: a stupid form of capitalism that seems dead set on destroying itself. 'Rise of the Robots' and the threat of a jobless future 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Leo’s long-suffering wife is dead set against this exhausting interview, and, in any case, his collapsing body makes completing the project unlikely. Review | In Russell Banks’s ‘Foregone,’ a dying man comes clean 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z He calls it The Dean Wormer effect, named for the buzzkill college official who is dead set on getting in the way of the Delta Tau Chi House's good time. The late night rise of "Gutfeld!" is telling us something. It isn't funny, but that doesn't matter 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Advocates for regenerative agriculture, a way of farming that emphasizes building and supporting the organic matter that composes healthy soils, are dead set against age-old practices like plowing and tilling. From Good Wine, a Direct Path to the Wonders of Nature 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z “Yes, it’s aggression against the father, but it’s aggression against a whole world absolutely dead set on diminishing women.” Louise Bourgeois Shares Her Deepest Secrets 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “I am dead set against making any style,” Mr. Bauer said. Pizza From the Grain Up 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z "If a very attractive man makes a dead set at you and you're very lonely, it's very difficult to resist him… I think I was very given to getting ambushed." Elizabeth Jane Howard: 'I'm 90. Writing is what gets me up in the morning' 2013-04-06T23:05:23Z This performance was at its finest when she was dead set on proving that she just loved making toast for her family. The 8 Best Impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Given all of that, is a nomination for an Oscar enough, or are you dead set on winning? Probing the Mysteries of a Photographer and Her Images 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z “It’s yet another reminder that in both houses, a small group of hard-right Republicans are dead set to grind the gears of government to a halt,” Schumer said. Speaker McCarthy says there’s still time to prevent a shutdown, but others are looking at options 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The Spartans will be dead set on avenging last season’s decisive loss in Seattle. Here are the best games to watch in Pac-12 football’s final season as we know it 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z “President Putin seems dead set on causing as much suffering around the world as he can,” Barbara Woodward, Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Tuesday. War Brought Putin Closer to Africa. Now It’s Pushing Them Apart. 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Unionized workers argued that were the ones shouldering growth at the Atlanta company and appeared dead set on righting what they saw as a bad contract. UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z “This new Republican Party is dead set against it, suing my administration to stop you from getting student debt relief,” Mr. Biden said. Biden tells Howard University graduates white supremacy is ‘most dangerous terrorist threat’ 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z “Alabama’s really dead set on compromising people’s lives, especially LGBTQ+ youth, especially pregnant people. These are expendable people in the eyes of the state of Alabama.” ‘You don't want me here? That's why I'm gonna stay’: This abortion doctor is not ready to leave Alabama 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “We’re not dead set on having the exact same structure on the men’s side as we do have on the women’s side,” Parlow Cone said. In another U.S. soccer shake-up, sporting director Earnie Stewart to depart 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Austin was — and remains — dead set against providing U.S.-made Abrams M1s, the most powerful tanks in the world, to Ukraine. Inside the urgent push to arm Ukraine for a spring offensive 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z For that reason, the state’s environmentalists have been dead set against the idea, which Ms. Lundstrom finds confounding. Wish You Were Here. Ignore the Floods and Fires. 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Back in Little Rock, in between spoonfuls of Cheddar's Legendary Monster Cookie, Maryanna said she is dead set on staying un-pregnant. Abortion bans skirt a medical reality: For many teens, childbirth is a dangerous undertaking 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z To the north, Nicholas II of Russia had just put down a revolution in 1905 and was dead set against similar unrest on his southern border with Iran. Reza Aslan on Tehrangeles, revolution and the death threats that sidelined his book tour 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z You don't want jurors who are dead set against you and supporting the opposition. Former federal prosecutor: A "day of reckoning" is coming for Trump — but he's not going to jail 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Most of the biggest corporations that haven’t traditionally had relationships with organized labor are dead set against starting one now. Opinion | Why are unions such a non-starter in the C-suite? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z At the heart of “Which Side Are You On” is Reed, a 21-year-old Columbia University student dead set on dropping out of college to devote himself to the Black Lives Matter movement. How L.A.'s history of Black-Korean relations inspired a debut novelist 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He said that dead set; it wasn’t a joke. Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman thinks fashion rental is inflation-proof 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Her children were dead set against her returning to the company for which she has worked 33 years. As Buffalo supermarket reopens, memories of massacre haunt workers 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “I was pretty dead set on following the plot,” Winslow says. Why the creators of 'Persuasion' put a contemporary spin on Jane Austen's classic 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “They were dead set on First Student, and nobody could ever say why,” Russell said of the bidding process. After contentious bidding war, Seattle School Board will vote on school bus contract 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z But the presence of the supernatural is precisely what makes it a dream for Norma — a fan of horror movies — and Barney — someone dead set on living anywhere but under his parents’ roof. Dead End: Paranormal Park’s one of those fantastic queer cartoons you’re always hearing about 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “And because of that, they are dead set on branding Florida as some sort of extremist state.” As community veers right, political division tears apart Sarasota, Fla. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z That player, Tiger Woods, had just produced one of his most staggering turns ever, birdieing the last four holes on a vindictive Hazeltine course dead set against such shenanigans. You can learn a lot about life from Rich Beem 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The former president has remained powerful in U.S. politics since leaving office and is dead set on a Republican takeover in Congress following the 2022 midterms. Mehmet Oz’s opponents drill down on Turkish ties 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z “I was dead set on voting for Robert but government-run boarding schools are such a bad idea I’m not sure I can vote for him now,” one former advisory neighborhood commissioner tweeted. D.C. mayor’s race: Robert White proposes boarding schools for at-risk students 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “You can say it’s gamesmanship,” Roberts said, “but I don’t think that we’re just dead set on who we want to start tomorrow.” Julio Urías, Dodgers beat rival Giants in first meeting of season 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Many were dead set against Bolsonaro, a conservative firebrand who appeals to an older, wealthier and whiter electorate than is found in Brazil's poorer, blacker favelas. Brazil youth voter drive battles apathy - and could help Lula 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z So what can I say: I’m dead set against it. America is finally united on something — just one reason I’m against it 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Despite all that was going on, I was dead set on making it happen.” Perspective | What baseball loses when capitalism and romanticism collide 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z It’s a workaround on the stalemate between those dead set against easier commitments and those who desperately want them. Column: Some mentally ill people need involuntary care. Newsom’s plan could finally help 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z They became fast friends, two dreamers dead set on playing professional sports while, in their minds, setting objectives that were realistic and readily reachable. John Madden's lifelong buddy John Robinson: 'Just two doofuses from Daly City' 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z After all, much of its current leadership refuses to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election and is dead set on undermining the concept of one person, one vote. Opinion | Trump Won’t Let America Go. Can Democrats Pry It Away? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “It is increasingly a group that is dead set against getting the vaccine,” said Liz Hamel, vice president and director of public opinion and survey research for the Kaiser Family Foundation. Not all the unvaccinated are diehards, but the 'wait and see' crowd is shrinking 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z There are several obvious reasons why Trump is so dead set on running again. He's running: 2024 is Trump's "get out of jail free" card 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Best and her commanders had shown up armed and in uniform, dead set against the idea of letting protesters any closer to the precinct, he recalled. Abandonment of SPD’s East Precinct did not violate law or policy, Seattle police watchdog agency says 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Although numbers don't lie, Trump appears to be dead set on continuing to push the Big Lie. Trump tells right-wing network host the failed Arizona audit "didn't look at the real numbers" 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The officials accused Whitfield of bringing negative publicity to the district — ridiculous considering they seem dead set on making headlines for taking a page out of segregationist history. Opinion | A win for white power at a school board meeting in Grapevine, Tex. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z It comes after The Telegraph reported that Boris Johnson is “dead set” against another national lockdown. Coronavirus live news: UK epidemiologist warns over third wave; Philippines facing ‘learning crisis’, says Unicef 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “I imagine there are some people out there just dead set against it,” he said, but he still has a “mixed feeling about it” and supports others’ decisions. Opinion | How Do You Convince Tough-Minded People to Protect One Another? 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z By day three they knew it was 260 meters long and 140 meters wide, dead set on a straight course to Denver. Are We Doing Enough to Protect Earth from Asteroids? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Some, we are sure, are just dead set against vaccinations of any stripe because they are not about to let a virus change their daily activity log. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The abolitionist movements that erupted in 2020 are the movements that are dead set on ending fascism once and for all. The future of L.A. is here. Robin D.G. Kelley's radical imagination shows us the way 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z While advocates and lawyers had been working hard to get us access to the vaccine, many prisoners were now dead set against taking it. I’m Incarcerated. This Is My Covid Lockdown Story. 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z This particular Legislature seems dead set on eliminating anything that would project a positive or welcoming image of West Virginia, so the Senate might not be playing chicken at all. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z So why is Husted so dead set against apologizing for his ill-considered March 26 tweet: “So it appears it was the Wuhan Virus after all?” Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z “I was almost dead set on entering the draft and hiring an agent, that was probably two weeks ago,” he said. Jackson-Davis returning to help revive Hoosiers program 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It would also risk dividing the bloc between those states dead set against giving Moscow any kind of win and those in favour of showing that Brussels can cooperate with the Kremlin. Unthinkable? EU considers getting a vaccine boost from Russia's Sputnik 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z “I’m not so dead set in my ways,” the 57-year-old marketing executive said. Democrats find support for Biden in small-city America 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Republicans, who spent a decade dead set on repealing the law, blocked any policies to expand its reach. At Last, Democrats Get Chance to Engineer Obamacare 2.0 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Her father, who was dead set against her playing sports, stopped talking to her. The sports star who could afford just one meal a day 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Stephen Fine, president of Snowbird Advisor, says a November survey of members of his group found that 30 percent were “pretty dead set” on traveling to their winter destinations. How the pandemic has upended the annual migration of Canada’s snowbirds 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Stephen Fine, president of Snowbird Advisor, says a November survey of members of his group found that 30% were “pretty dead set” on traveling to their winter destinations. Pandemic upends the annual migration of Canada’s snowbirds 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z “He was dead set against leaving this land, but he did not imagine that his wife would get cancer.” A Chinese Dissident Tried to Fly to His Sick Wife in the U.S. Then He Vanished. 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Senate Republicans have been dead set against providing that kind of direct aid. $900 Billion Won’t Carry Biden Very Far 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Although some Republicans have broken with party leaders to call for additional state and local aid, Democrats remain dead set against immunizing businesses from lawsuits. Biden to push for more coronavirus relief, setting up a clash with GOP 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z As much as congressional Democrats want money directed to state and local governments, many Republicans are dead set against it. Budget toll from virus hits both Democratic, GOP-led states 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z They're dead set against stronger unions and will resist attempts to put workers on their boards. Biden says he’ll take on structural inequality. Good! You need to hold him to it 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z "They will battle antitrust enforcement against their giant corporations, including Dimon's 'too big to fail' bank. They're dead set against stronger unions and will resist attempts to put workers on their boards." Biden's economic adviser picks are underwhelming the left, to say the least 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “You cannot reason with them or convince them to stop and reunite as they are dead set on total destruction of our nation. So I ask you, what are you prepared to do?” Facebook bans ‘STOP THE STEAL’ group Trump allies were using to organize protests against vote counting 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “We are dead set against allowing climate change to bring about the next public health crisis,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement. New Mexico report shows progress in climate change efforts 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z I knew I wanted to upgrade my graphics card this year, and I was dead set on buying the RTX 3080, but it literally sold out as soon as preorders went up. Nvidia’s RTX 3070 preorders were pure hell, so I live blogged 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z And my wife, who probably hates Trump almost as much as Melania hates him, was dead set against it. Anthony Scaramucci is on a mission to stop Trump: "Something's wrong with him mentally" 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z “I am dead set on a high bar for large-scale resource development in the Bristol Bay watershed,” Murkowski said in a statement Wednesday. Executive leaves mine project amid recorded comment fallout 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z I am dead set on a high bar for large-scale resource development in the Bristol Bay watershed. In secret tapes, mine executives detail their sway over leaders from Juneau to the White House 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Graham now says that he is "dead set on confirming" Trump's pick, whoever it may be. Protests over Supreme Court vacancy target homes of top GOP lawmakers 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The South Carolina Republican now says that he is "dead set on confirming" Trump's pick, whoever it may be. Protesters gather outside Lindsey Graham's home, Supreme Court building 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Later, he tweeted that he was “dead set” on confirming Trump’s pick. Sen. Graham’s challenge: Fill a court seat and save his own 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary Mark Esper appeared dead set on denying Stars and Stripes its funds. Stars and Stripes still faces hurl in Congress after Trump’s reprieve 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z “I was dead set on it. I wanted to go to trial,” he said. Man free after new trial, settlement in Wyoming assault case 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z What seems “to upset them is that I am dead set on making sure we get to the bottom of what happened during the 2016 election period,” he said. Barr able to put his stamp on executive power as Trump’s AG 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Even if none of these theories stand up to scrutiny, he is dead set on not letting it happen. The birth of a militia: how an armed group police Black Lives Matter protests 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “At the end of the day, what should happen is more people will be participating in elections. But it seems like the governor is dead set against that.” Voting rights of some felons in Florida in question after appeals court ruling 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z “We are literally battling the worst pandemic in 100 years. And Washington Republicans are dead set on being the biggest threat to public health,” she said. Democrats renew health care attacks on GOP as virus builds 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “We are literally battling the worst pandemic in 100 years. And Washington Republicans are dead set on being the biggest threat to public health,” she said. Democrats renew health care attacks on GOP as virus builds 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z I am usually dead set against congressional involvement in sports. Perspective | College sports needs reform, and Congress has a better shot than the NCAA 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Biden’s advisers, aware of what Trump is preparing to fire at him, describe themselves as dead set against being triggered by his provocations or engaging with him on his terms. Faced with a Trumpian barrage of attacks, Joe Biden chooses to look the other way 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z “I’m not dead set against mail,” Miller said. AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The health insurance industry is dead set against a public option - a government plan that would compete with private insurers - and would fight it. AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and politics of the pandemic 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Those Trump voters are still around, and they are dead set against showing him the door. Opinion | The Democratic field needs to whittle away Sanders, Bloomberg and Buttigieg 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Tech platforms are generally loath to evaluate claims of truth, particularly those involving politicians, but the big three are all dead set on removing anything that gives the wrong date for an election. How big tech companies could team up to stop deepfakes 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z If you’re dead set on attending the draft, book your hotel stay soon. Las Vegas is hosting the April NFL Draft. Get ready for a big (big!) party 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “That’s the argument I suppose you have to make if the facts are so dead set against you.” Crimes? Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z But on reflection, many expressed empathy for Dugan, talking of the academy as an “old boys’ club” in which many veterans were dead set against the kind of changes her hiring portended. 3 CEOs in 6 months: How the Grammys went from 'step up' to meltdown 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z “I was dead set against it my whole life,” she remembered. Opinion | Who Killed the Knapp Family? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z According to NFL Network, McCarthy had informed other teams that he was out of the running as their head coach and was dead set on becoming the Cowboys’ next coach. Dallas Cowboys hire Mike McCarthy as head coach: reports 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Ross LaJeunesse says company executives were dead set on entering China with some kind of censored search engine, despite comments from Google saying the project was always an experiment. Former Google human rights chief says he was "sidelined" over censored Chinese search engine 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Speaker Mattiello, certainly, is dead set against breaking his promise to phase out the car tax. Editorial Roundup: New England 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Congressional Democrats are united in force and are "dead set" on removing President Trump from office, said former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday. Pam Bondi: Dems ignoring USMCA trade deal and are 'dead set on taking out' Trump 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “I was dead set against it, initially,” Bill Ford said. Ford bets on an electric Mustang to charge its turnaround 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z As a result, the PM is now required to ask the EU to extend the 31 October deadline - something he is dead set against. MPs vote to delay Brexit: What just happened? 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z But my sense is that while many Republicans welcome the chance to demonstrate their independence on foreign policy, they are still dead set against impeachment. From Syria to impeachment, Trump is on a war footing 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z A handful of lawmakers praised Mr. Trump’s decision to withdraw from the fight and argued that it’s clear Turkey was dead set on invading Syria regardless of whether American forces were in the way. U.S.-backed Kurds seek alliance with Syria, Russia to fend off Turkey 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Many legislators, especially on the Republican side of the aisle, are dead set against adding any more mandates on our school districts. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z If you’re dead set on going with pans of different volumes, you will need to scale the ingredients up or down. How to swap baking pan sizes without ruining your recipe 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Its videos are becoming a staple on college campuses, where Prager is dead set on overturning liberal orthodoxy. How a Los Angeles-based conservative became one of the internet's biggest sensations 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Farm groups, including those who represent major employers in Republican districts in California and elsewhere, are dead set against requiring E-Verify, knowing it would produce severe labor shortages. Opinion | ICE sweeps are cruel. Without immigration reform, they’re pointless, too. 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z “For those that are for Trump, it doesn’t matter what he does. For those against him, they’re dead set against him. But that middle crowd, they’re watching and they want to do what is right.” Ohio’s Hamilton County may test whether Trump’s divisiveness will help or hurt him in 2020 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z She criticized harsh policies “intentionally and cruelly created by a Trump administration dead set on sending a hate-filled message that those seeking refuge are not welcome in America”. 'They're well-cared for': Pence criticizes Democrats on visit to crowded migrant facility 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z “It was a direct hit … It seems like he’s really dead set on attacking people,” he said. Video appears to show man dumping water on homeless woman in San Francisco 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z They also made clear that Trump was dead set on the tariffs without dramatic action. Mexico tariff deal delivers ‘huge victory’ for Donald Trump, few new solutions 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z “It’s strange being mayor of a town where people are dead set against it, but we’re dependent on gambling, in the middle of the Bible Belt,” he said. A Small Town Bet on Sports Gambling. It’s Still Waiting. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z If you’ve ever been dead set on a hypothesis only to find yourself unsupported by colleagues or by data, it’s an advantage to train yourself for the unexpected. Want to Be a Better Scientist? Take an Improv Class 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “The Trump administration is dead set on appeasing special interests that want to kill wolves. We’re working hard to stop them.” Trump administration seeks to delist gray wolf, return management to states, tribes 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The fight left both parties dead set against another shutdown. Border security brawl seems near a serene resolution 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Trump is dead set on the absurd border wall promised during his campaign. Trump turns to swamp for Interior boss 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “I think that the president is dead set on keeping his campaign promise,” Mr. Shelby, Republican of Alabama, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Trump Won’t Commit to Making Mueller Report Public 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z The paper reported that just as there are donors pushing for Leach, others are dead set against the man who sued the university after being fired for alleged mistreatment of a player. Report says Mike Leach would be interested in returning to Texas Tech 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Theresa May is dead set against another referendum and it's hard to see an alternative Tory leader picking up that baton. What happens if MPs reject Brexit deal? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Lululemon is dead set on not letting that happen this time. How yoga pants grew into a $48-billion giant that's replacing jeans 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Schumer responded forcefully, suggesting that Trump and Scott are “dead set” against counting every vote because they are worried that Nelson will prevail. 'Stop lying' about Florida recounts, Democrats warn Trump 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z This means a significant investment, in both money and time to install them, so unless you’re dead set on theater-quality sound, it’s probably not worth the cost or the effort. Get Better TV Sound (Without a Lot of Wires) 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z And the Saudis, up to and including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and maybe King Salman, are dead set against revealing the truth. Opinion | Trump says nothing in the face of Saudi Arabia’s outrageous lies 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z If he's dead set on this specific university and the grade requirements are the same in 2019, he has the option to resit some exams next year. A-level results a surprise? We answer your questions 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z I was dead set on that choice and then when I looked at it I was, like, "Lisa looks crazy." Regina Hall on 'breastaurants,' 'Support the Girls' and the possibility of a 'Girls Trip' sequel 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The globalists in Congress, the Deep State, and our unpatriotic corporations are dead set on defeating the Trump agenda, opening the borders forever, destroying the American middle class and emasculating our national security. Donald Trump changing game with China in favor of U.S. national security 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “If anything, Trump seems dead set on doing what he can to undo Churchill’s legacy,” Mr. Dallek added. British Roll Out Trump’s Political Idol: Winston Churchill 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z “But I was dead set on making coconut milk,” said Diaz, as she opened one with more ease. A Delicately Sweet and Floral Coconut Pudding for the Summer 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “But the agency is dead set on appeasing special interests who want to kill these amazing animals.” APNewsBreak: Agency considers dropping wolf protections 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Steinbach said he was “dead set” on moving to this rural farming town for a job that offered benefits, a $500 signing bonus and a higher wage. Scarcity of Housing in Rural America Drives Worker Shortage 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Now conservatives are dead set against compromising with Democrats to get the 218 votes needed to pass an immigration bill. A Republican war breaks out over immigration, taking down the farm bill in the process 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z “Iran wants to build infrastructure in Syria. Israel is dead set against that. So it’s a real witches’ brew. With Demise of Nuclear Deal, Iran’s Foes See an Opportunity. Others See Risk of War. 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z “We were dead set,” Jenna said one recent afternoon, glancing at her sister before both broke into giggles. Navy women’s lacrosse entered an era of success when its battling twins stuck together 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z He is currently four goals ahead of Kane in the race for the Premier League’s golden boot and will no doubt be dead set on extending that lead if he plays on Saturday. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen how the revised project with its additional and low-income housing will go over with nearby residents and those who were dead set against the original proposal. Controversial $1-billion Hollywood high-rise project relaunched by developer 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He is dead set against Trump’s border wall. Are we seeing signs of a Democratic wave in the primaries? | Jill Abramson 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z They face an uphill climb, as the last time the gas tax was raised was 1993, and many Republican legislators are dead set against tax increases of any kind. Truckers Propose a Gasoline Tax Increase to Pay for Infrastructure Plan 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Less than 50 miles away, his counterpart in Butler County is dead set against it, saying it subjects deputies to danger while making no lasting impact on the death toll. Lifesaver or distraction? Police split on anti-overdose drug 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Trump aides, however, say it’s Schumer who can’t be flexible because his base is dead set against cooperating with the president. Trump and Schumer: When schmoozing isn’t enough 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Yet local leaders and individuals in power are dead set in their way of thinking. NFL Player Anquan Boldin: Why I Quit Football For Activism 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Coulter told The Associated Press by email Friday that Yiannopoulos’ team was in touch about speaking but she heard the school administration was “dead set on blocking” the event so she decided not to bother. Ann Coulter says she won’t attend Berkeley free speech event 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z By repealing it, Trump and his administration sent a signal that they are dead set on deporting not only Daca recipients but the American Dream itself. America's soul as as nation of immigrants is in peril | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “We talk about legacy and what’s your legacy going to be. I think this senior class is dead set on their legacy being that they’re the class that returned Jackson High School to the playoffs.” Wesco 4A Preview: Jackson’s plan? Get the ball to Daniel Arias 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z “I’m not dead set against genetic engineering, but if there’s contamination with genetically engineered materials beyond a certain percentage, my crop can’t be sold as organic,” Fellenz explains. Sex Battle in the Sky: Genetically Modified Moths Take Flight in New York 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z While Trump seems dead set on sacrificing his credibility, so that he may speak without legal consequence, the fact remains that he is president of the United States. No one sabotages Donald Trump better than Donald Trump | Joshua Matz 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Whether it can be harnessed to bring America in a direction the White House is now dead set against remains to be seen. States scramble to salvage climate crusade abandoned by Trump 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z When he set out to compile the cookbook, he said, “it was a big documentary project. I was dead set on accuracy. There was no room for adaptation.” A Caramelized Cabbage Casserole to Get You to Spring 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z On Wednesday Hayes asked Sarandon to reflect on her mindset in March, when she was dead set against Clinton. “You consider yourself a journalist, right?” Susan Sarandon, Chris Hayes have tense exchange over Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The Democratic base, in particular, appears dead set against DeVos, with calls jamming Capitol Hill phone lines and social-media accounts lit up to demand massive resistance. Sluggish pace of filling Trump’s Cabinet-level posts shows no sign of easing 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Traditional football minds were dead set against the move. Julio Jones: the Falcons superstar who can decide Super Bowl LI | Allen Barra 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z And it isn’t clear that Trump is dead set against it. Where will Trump begin in slashing Obama-era regulations? 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z As it happens, the Koch brothers are dead set against the House Republicans’ business tax reform plan, yet GOP leaders are pushing it anyway. Republicans always do what the Koch brothers tell them, right? Not this time. 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Asked whether he was dead set on abandoning the Paris accord, the president-elect wavered. Trump seems ready to fight the world on climate change, and it could cost the U.S. 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z But French officials like Emmanuel Macron, the former economy minister and a possible presidential candidate, are dead set against that. Theresa May, Britain’s Prime Minister, Plays the ‘Brexit’ Waiting Game 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z “Initially after my spinal cord injury, I was dead set on walking out of the hospital,” Reese said, “and that was a real learning curve right there.” Community aims to give paralyzed Appleton man a new home 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Picture this: a courtroom full of loud, impatient onlookers, all dead set on seeing your client jailed for a murder she didn’t commit. Phoenix Wright is back, and gaming’s best crime drama is weirder than ever 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Too bad McCloughan is so dead set against Washington fans enjoying that valuable perspective. Being on ‘Hard Knocks’ should not be up to Scot McCloughan 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z And in a year when many Americans appear dead set against long-term officeholders, Kaine’s record will cut against the grain. Why Tim Kaine can be enormously valuable for Hillary Clinton 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z “Wee country villages like this can be dead set against everything, but we need to keep moving forward.” Fears of 'Brexit' stark along Ireland's EU-blurred border 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Why are they so dead set against fingerprinting? Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Facebook’s Take on the News 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Which is to say, a $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending program, at a time when Congress remains dead set against big new spending plans. The world has too many workers. Government spending to the rescue. 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The point, which is obvious by now, is that Taylor is producing at a stunning rate, and manager Dusty Baker is dead set on finding him at-bats in the regular season. Michael A. Taylor forces way into Nationals’ plans after hot spring training 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z And we were dead set in the path of it. Here's the Full Transcript of TIME’s Interview With Apple CEO Tim Cook 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z We wanted him to look like somebody who was dead set on one thing. Domhnall Gleeson, on playing gentle and evil and surviving the harsh shoot for 'The Revenant' 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “Bill was dead set against it,” said Dom Capers, Carolina’s head coach at the time who was also given control of personnel decisions when Polian left the team after the 1997 season. Peyton Manning a Panther? Carolina tried, but failed in ‘98 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z I spent 48 hours in Seattle just hammering away at the idea, but he was dead set against it. Does Climbing Big Mountains Prepare You for Fighting Cancer? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “The thing about it is that nothing is dead set at that position,” McCloughan said. Redskins want to retain Cousins, and are in no rush to release Griffin 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Why is the food industry dead set against warning labels? Warning of 'great challenges' this year, IMF cuts world economic growth forecast 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Column: Why is the food industry dead set against warning labels? Repackaging the idea of fast food: How chains are trying to adapt 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Christie's own statements when he was running for governor of New Jersey in 2009 show that while he wasn't crazy about Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice, he wasn't dead set against her, either. The first Republican debate of the new year brought a blizzard of dubious claims and some outright errors 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Woodrow said planners are not dead set on any one option and are open to finding a plan that works best. Officials request $37M for Kake-Petersburg road project 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z "The less altruistic answer: I feel dead set on carving a space that is specific." Tessa Thompson welcomed the challenges of playing a hearing-impaired musician in 'Creed' 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z GOP lawmakers say they are dead set against putting U.S. dollars toward the Green Climate Fund. Eight Common Questions about Paris Climate Talks Answered 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z “People were dead set against the apartheid narrative of race essentialism,” he said. Why South African students have turned on their parents’ generation | Eve Fairbanks 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is back to his old antics and he his dead set on taking down Ben Carson. Donald Trump’s freaky Friday the 13th attack ad: Ben Carson is either a “violent criminal” or “pathological liar” 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z When he polled his mostly white district, he found many dead set against taking the flag down; one woman put his photograph up in her beauty salon afterward, identifying him as persona non grata. Mississippi Flag, a Rebel Holdout, Is in a New Fight 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z "I was dead set against it," he said. Sylvester Stallone is back as Rocky Balboa - but this time he's in a fight with mortality 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z "We...wonder if the FTC would bother agreeing to an extension if it was dead set on blocking the deal," BB&T Capital Markets analyst Anthony Chukumba wrote in a note. FTC review date for Staples-Office Depot deal extended 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The Nixon people were dead set on this not happening a second time. The reality TV show Trump is producing before our eyes 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z But with Republicans in both chambers dead set on taking further shots to eviscerate the deal, and potentially even drag it to court to block its implementation, the Iran deal debate may not be over. Senate rejects attempt to derail Iran deal in victory for Obama 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Cruz’s latest dust-up with establishment Republicans in the Senate will not hurt him with voters, but it ensures that this powerful group will be even more dead set on keeping the nomination from him. Ranking the 10 men most likely to win the 2016 Republican nomination 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z For his part, Murdoch appears to be dead set against a Trump candidacy, publicly blasting the Republican’s incendiary rhetoric: Rupert Murdoch’s Donald Trump nightmare: He can’t control the monster Fox News created 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Being able to mix up the roles and not just being dead set on one plan. Thomas on Froome, crashes & doping 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He’s dead set on getting the whole Eastern Conference title-winning band back together. How NBA's free-agency morality play screws over the players 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z But many German leaders are dead set against compromise. Germans would rather send humanitarian aid than forgive Greece’s debts 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “I think a majority wants to do this. There is a minority that is dead set against it,” Neal said. South Carolina senate backs removal of Confederate flag from capitol 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z A lot, if the name is genetically modified organism, or G.M.O., which many people are dead set against. A Proposal to Modify Plants Gives G.M.O. Debate New Life 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z If Freundel is dead set on serving the community, let him work with a warden to “give back” behind bars. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Rabbi Barry Freundel, admitted serial peeping Tom, seeks community service 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z What does confuse though is why those who praise that first period of rising equality seem so dead set against the current move towards greater equality. We Can Think Of Globalisation As A Sort Of Keynesianism For The World 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The American labor movement is not against trade deals, but we’re dead set against bad trade deals. Trade deals are too important to ‘fast track’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z On the other side, even the most conciliatory leaders of the Misurata-Tripoli faction are dead set against any role for General Hifter. As Libya Crumbles, Calls Grow for Feuding Factions to Meet Halfway 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Despite the hang-ups, the administration is dead set on making the normalization of relations with Cuba a part of Mr. Obama’s legacy, and officials see the summit as a key step toward that goal. Obama, Cuba President Raul Castro set to meet for first time since diplomatic thaw 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z For six years, Republicans in Congress have been dead set against handing Mr. Obama any sort of legislative victory. The Odd Couple: Democrats, Republicans and the New Politics of Trade 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z In early 1910, Josef set out for the vast expanses of western South Dakota, dead set on acquiring a piece of ground where he could move his family. South Dakota prairie homestead gets historic designation 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Clawson also holds a masters of business administration degree from Harvard University and is dead set on tax policy reform — including cutting the cumbersome and often discouraging corporate tax rate. Inside the Beltway: Curt Clawson gives the tea party rebuttal to State of the Union address 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z But those same issues were present, if not more pressing this summer when Romney appeared dead set against another run. What Mitt's Missing for 2016 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It was long thought that no one could win Florida and become president without support from Cuban-Americans dead set against anything seen as supporting the Castros. Exiles divided on plans to thaw US-Cuba relations 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Businesses are reluctant to sink their cash hoards in a shrinking home market, farmers are dead set on keeping their cushion of subsidies and tariffs, and voters remain leery of many of Abe's plans. Japan Abe Faces Battle on Reforms Despite Vote Win 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z But developing countries including India are dead set against it. Climate summit goes into overtime 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Punk seems to appreciate the fact that he's been given control over one of Marvel's "heavy hitters," and he's dead set on making the most of this writing gig. Former WWE star CM Punk is writing a Thor comic for Marvel 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Arthur said she was dead set against the idea, until she toured the open-plan space of an architecture firm. Cubicles Rise in Brave New World of Publishing 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Given the technology’s capacity to cut costs and increase access, it would be wrong to give in to incumbents in those businesses who are dead set against reform. Pointers to the future 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Hollywood frets about the kids of today forsaking cinemas for their smart phones and X-Boxes, yet seem dead set on serving them yesterday’s heroes. Jason Bourne Is Hollywood's Jason Todd 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Rosenblum’s suit claims Oracle was “dead set” against hiring a systems integrator, and conducted a “behind-the-scenes” campaign to get the state to hire an Oracle consultant as a subcontractor instead. Editorials from around Oregon 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z As the excellent Lynn Vavreck noted in the New York Times the other day, “Demography is not destiny, and Latino voters are not dead set against Republicans.” GOP Deports 2016 Hispanic Hopes By Making 2014 About Immigration 'Amnesty' 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Demography is not destiny, and Latino voters are not dead set against Republicans. It's Not Too Late for Republicans to Win Latino Votes 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z At the same time, with multiple forms of mass hysteria going on at once, American conservatives seem dead set on proving the scientists right—and underscoring the importance of the work they’re doing. Secrets of the right-wing brain: New study proves it — conservatives see a different, hostile world 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Restoration Hardware’s Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman remains dead set on expanding far beyond the four walls of the home and the company’s existing legacy. Restoration Hardware's Gary Friedman Shares On Company Secrets, Source Books And RH's NYC Design Gallery 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z After mostly missing the mark in identifying the warning signals of the last financial crisis, mainstream media types are dead set on not letting history repeat itself. Cov-lite Loan Controversy Fades To Whisper While Portfolio Managers Chase Yield 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z In fact, they are dead set against it. Business School, Disrupted 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z He is enthusiastically embraced by international corporations, but he also answers to an electoral base of small traders dead set against globalization. Wish for Change Animates Voters in India Election 2014-04-08T01:45:10Z Often users of the Gish Gallop know their arguments are nonsense or made in bad faith, but don’t particularly care because they are so dead set on advancing their agenda. 5 things conservatives lie about shamelessly 2014-04-05T13:00:00Z The Republicans are dead set against a hike in the minimum wage that would allow these folks to buy their own food. There’s a Class War Going On and the Poor Are Getting Their Butts Kicked 2014-04-01T09:00:24Z Postal worker unions are dead set against it. Four Reasons the Government Isn’t Going to Sell Off the Post Office 2014-03-25T09:53:57Z But the more conservative minority at the bank, who voted against this month's surprise cut in interest rates and are led by its German members, still seem dead set against any such move. ECB's Praet warns of deflationary pressures in euro zone 2013-11-22T10:36:23Z When we got here, I was dead set on the prostyle offense. Sarkisian enjoying the Huskies’ new offense 2013-09-10T07:16:07Z There really is no middle ground between the Senate and House proposals given that one side is dead set against a government guarantee and the other thinks it’s necessary. Obama Defends the 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage 2013-08-08T11:05:24Z But the party’s conservative activists are vowing opposition, dead set against anything linked to Mr. Obama and convinced that the immigration bill is nothing more than amnesty for lawbreakers. Immigration Bill Debate Nears in Senate 2013-06-10T00:53:15Z On the other side, you got the district attorneys who are dead set on stopping the gamblers and would do anything it took to do that. Sports of The Times: From Brooklyn to the Pacers, Roger Brown’s Story of Torment and Triumph 2013-05-27T00:02:53Z This time, Republican leaders insist they will hold firm, but they face Senate Democrats who are dead set against their approach as well as a threatened White House veto. House Passes Student Loan Bill, Setting Up Showdown 2013-05-23T17:36:50Z The problem with having a new idea is that most people are dead set against your success. Meet Inc.'s Audacious Judges 2013-04-18T16:30:43Z Powerful advocacy groups like AARP, along with most congressional Democrats, are dead set against cutting Medicare benefits. Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs 2013-04-10T20:12:16Z For example, he is dead set on building a $21-billion South Stream pipeline between southern Russia and Austria via eastern Europe. Gazprom: Russia’s wounded giant 2013-03-21T16:02:18Z Failing that, I would offer Nick Saban anything he wanted to try to lure him back, but he seems pretty dead set against coming back. The Fifth Down: Giants, Jets, Broncos: Answers to Readers' Questions 2013-01-11T19:21:11Z Sue_N @ Can someone explain to me why Obama seems so dead set on cutting SS? The Weird Resonance of #Mintthecoin 2013-01-06T22:50:24Z Obama favors a higher tax than is currently in effect, but one senior Republican, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, said he’s “totally dead set” against it. Against the Clock: Senate Leaders Rush to Forge Fiscal Deal 2012-12-29T17:05:23Z With Democrats dead set against plan, Republicans can probably lose only 17 votes, and a number of conservatives have spoken out against it. Republican House leaders try to build support for Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ 2012-12-19T18:35:00Z The Swedes say that the European Union should instead trim its generous agricultural subsidies, but France, the biggest beneficiary of the farm subsidies, is dead set against deeper cuts. Scientists Lobby Three E.U. Presidents to Prevent Budget Cuts 2012-11-15T21:46:46Z So if your kid is dead set on a video game or action figure that’s not deemed “Hot” by Toys R Us, you’re on your own. Does It Make Any Sense to Reserve Hot Holiday Toys? 2012-09-14T22:35:32Z President Dilma Rousseff is dead set against anything that might spark inflation or slow growth, especially in the face of the European debt crisis and potential global slowdown. Analysis: Petrobras $237 billion plan a fiction without fuel hike 2012-06-15T19:40:16Z In other words, Germany is dead set on a crisis-fighting strategy that is proving not to work. Why We Should Worry about Spain's Economic Pain 2012-05-01T09:35:39Z He made a speech the other day, all about Young Wales, a regular dead set at them, and he'll sweep the poll after this. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z His opponents are dead set on making sure that does not happen. Political Debate Moves from Campaign Trail to Washington 2012-03-26T05:20:55Z "The murderer was dead set against a little girl, one must think about that, this is a serious matter," Mr. Sarkozy told pupils at a Paris school Tuesday morning. Gunman Likely Filmed French Attack 2012-03-20T13:34:01Z "They've been making a dead set for our balloons all week," said an English soldier after the German 'plane had been driven away. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Maud made a dead set against my going to Countess Resse's where a number of ladies had been invited to meet me. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Not everyone is dead set against the idea. Athens Journal: Debt-Ridden Greece Turns to Sacred Sites for Help 2012-01-24T02:18:44Z When mother was first taken," Effie agreed, "but you see she made such a dead set at him, she had to keep it up somehow; she couldn't admit that Forrie hadn't wanted her. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I'm playing my lone hand in this game, for I'm dead set on getting the ornaments, and I don't mind paying a fancy price for 'em. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z I was dead set agin it at first, but now I don't want nothing else but to see my girl fixed for life. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Germany is dead set against any pooling of responsibility for debt within the euro zone, arguing states must themselves tackle their debt problems. German finance minister details debt fund plan before EU summit 2011-12-03T14:29:50Z Republicans oppose the surtax and they are split over whether to extend the payroll tax cut, with many dead set against further temporary stimulus measures. Payroll Tax Exposes Rift in House Republican Caucus 2011-12-02T18:46:13Z But it isn’t dead yet, and many delegates at this week’s U.N. climate summit in Durban, South Africa, are dead set on saving it. It's Crunch Time For Kyoto 2011-11-29T18:37:43Z Then came Seton Hall of the Big East, all the types of teams the Wildcats might see in March — if Carmody wasn’t so dead set against considering it. Crawford?s 27 earns MVP, title for Northwestern with 80-73 win over Seton Hall at Classic 2011-11-21T04:43:42Z And you know, it's always flattering when a pretty girl makes a dead set at you. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z I would let them know that unless they were dead set against it, we would try to make them international players. My Shot: Chubby Chandler 2011-10-21T04:00:00Z “That’s why the biggest businesses in the U.S.” with substantial investments in China “are so dead set against this legislation,” he said. China Currency Message Stronger Than Chance of U.S. Sanctions 2011-10-17T02:40:45Z A baronet!" cried Miss Audley; "I wish I had known that before, I should certainly have made a dead set at him. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The half that wanted to stick to the old ways and keep it all safe under different people's hats were dead set against spending any money on any fool system of collecting and classifying information. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Noonan said Ireland now was likely to pursue other angles rather than continue to press for bondholder losses, noting that European authorities are “dead set against” a coercive approach. Ireland May Drop Anglo Irish Bondholder Loss Plan, Noonan Says 2011-09-17T14:16:39Z Rick Perry of Texas was dead set on being a veterinarian. The Caucus: Rick Perry Talks Grades, Not Politics, at Liberty University 2011-09-15T00:07:54Z "An' I took her in, an' gave her a piece of plaster, but she were dead set on following the young gentleman." Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z I suppose he is determined that Miss Robertine shall not have the least chance of making another dead set at him. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The Senate was already dead set against his plan because of its call for a short-term extension. The debt ceiling solution that Obama dares not mention -- yet 2011-07-29T16:17:00Z “Even with the governor’s support, there were many legislators dead set against giving money to public institutions,” he said. John S. Toll Dies at 87; Led Stony Brook University 2011-07-19T01:30:25Z At this point, the whole pack made another dead set at Mrs. Longbow, with the exception of Aunt Sonora, who sat rocking violently, and taking snuff. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Nobody knows why they are so dead set against letting any one through. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z The man was still sitting and staring at his cork, like a spaniel at a dead set. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z “Last season, there was a debate about releasing the Lockerbie bomber to Libya, and I was dead set against the idea because of how many people he killed,” she said. Middle East: Broadcasting Provocative Debate From an Island of Free Speech 2011-06-08T22:00:25Z "I don't know what I have ever done to you that you should make such a dead set on me." Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z So why are the Chinese authorities so dead set against the church? Why Do Christian Groups in China Put Authorities on Red Alert? 2011-06-02T19:25:00Z Their dead set out in a canoe on a long and perilous voyage to the regions of the sun-setting. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z I don't know what I should have done if some flashy, designing person had made a dead set at Father. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z That was what she wanted, and the dead set she made at Mr. Tucker showed what she considered big game. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z For a nation dead set on joining the ranks of the globe’s most advanced nations, the massive count yielded both promising and disturbing results. China?s Population Growth Slower Than Expected 2011-04-28T19:24:16Z "Frederick," said his wife slowly, "do you know that Lady Hautenville is making a dead set at Mr. Bragg for Felicia?" That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z She was dead set against it,” Tamura said in a March 24 interview at the port of Onahama about 55 kilometers south of the plant. Japan’s Terrifying Day Saw Unprecedented Exposed Fuel Rods 2011-04-25T17:40:29Z You see him snuffing and snoking and brandishing his tail with the most impassioned enthusiasm, and then drawn round into a semi-circle he stands beautifully—dead set. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z “I am dead set against the E.P.A.’s plowing ahead on its own with new regulations to limit greenhouse gases,” Mr. Rahall said in a statement. Green: Inhofe and Upton: Just Say No to the E.P.A. 2011-03-03T22:27:38Z "I am dead set against the EPA's plowing ahead on its own with new regulations to limit greenhouse gases," Rahall said in a statement. 3 Dems, GOP Fight Over EPA Climate Rules 2011-03-03T18:20:00Z These characters, led by rebel extrordinaire Guy Debord, were dead set on cultural subversion, changing the world through art and ideas. Le punk 2011-03-03T04:51:48Z He wants to know which is the position of danger, as he's dead set on getting it. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z You and your two boys keep on howling for the Union when the people round here are all dead set agin it. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z His father, who owned a highly successful office-cleaning business, was dead set against his son’s going into show business, but even at the University of Miami, David was already doing mime impressions in campus productions. David Frye, Perfectly Clear Nixon Parodist, Dies at 77 2011-01-29T05:13:04Z Miss Maggie—little blue eyes, you know—has made a dead set at him. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Can’t you see that he is making a dead set at you?” Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z “At first you were dead set against moving into the hotel.” Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Just to see how dead set against investigating Slike you are. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z It just seemed as if managers were dead set against having a man and wife in the same company. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Why is it that Swedish authorities are so dead set that Julian Assange spends Christmas in jail. WikiLeaks' Assange bail appeal to be heard Thursday 2010-12-15T13:27:25Z Other conservatives, however, are dead set against any reduction in special tax exemptions if the savings from those reductions go to reducing the deficit. The Earmarks Issue: Will Congress Tackle Tax Expenditures? 2010-11-22T09:00:00Z Even as they trace it, officials are dead set against announcing what they find, since scapegoating provokes violence. Cholera?s Second Fever: An Urge to Blame 2010-11-20T20:00:00Z Regulators have been lobbied by steel producers who are dead set against the venture, which they say would give BHP and Rio would have too much control over prices. UPDATE 1-BHP, Rio may revise or postpone iron ore JV -report 2010-09-30T12:12:00Z Despite the fact that Russia keeps scratching various parts of our body, we are not dead set against it. Belarus' Quixotic Leader Defies Russia 2010-09-23T21:00:00Z If a client is dead set on a space with a south-facing entrance, Mr. Mehta sometimes extends the hallway and moves the entrance so that it faces north. Square Feet: When Deals Need to Pass the Feng Shui Test 2010-08-24T18:33:00Z It’s a sneaky way to expand the games without adding a sport, something the IOC is dead set against doing. Celizic: 3-on-3 hoops belongs in park, not Olympics 2010-05-20T01:38:00Z In a country that still regards as its primary security threat, 20 percent of respondents said they disapproved and 8 percent were dead set against it. Surprising Guests in a Russian Parade: American Troops 2010-05-07T00:31:00Z What the 29-year-old woman needed was a visit to a psychiatrist — something she is dead set against. Interpreters bridge a language and cultural barrier between doctors and patients 2010-05-04T16:32:00Z "It's been really interesting talking to them because they are so dead set against this," said the developer. Google CEO says Apple helped AdMob deal 2010-04-12T02:58:00Z The United Kingdom is dead set on the latter. Who will pocket the bank levy? 2010-03-31T19:49:00Z The girl’s surprised voice at hearing life at the end of a dead set of wires was drowned in the detective’s request to get him, “Spring 3100—quickly!” Whispering Wires To find out that he had made that dead set at knowing her from the beginning only because of her uncle's money! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune She is—is dead set on having you there. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Added to all Gerry's other troubles, Miss Burton seemed to make a "dead set at her," as the form expressed it, during that unhappy week. Just Gerry He broke out rather vehemently again: "At least do me the justice to admit that I was dead set against having Linda visit us...." Shadows of Flames A Novel But if it so happens that she’s dead set against it at the start, why, you had best not vex her by tryin’ to push the matter.” Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga Then, frowning into her green eyes, "But why are you so dead set against computer judgment?" The Ambassador There was more than a subtle something in Stride’s manner and remarks, a sort of “making a dead set” smack about them. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion "Oranges don't mind a breath of cold air now and then; they're dead set against a freeze out." The Vision of Elijah Berl Seeing that he's dead set to keep going, I kiss myself good-by and paddle out across the bay. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The latter, like the mountain Meru of India, was the abode of the blessed, towards which the souls of the dead set out from Abydos and where eternal rest was to be found. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations I understand he's dead set against whiskey, and has some hot bolts to hand out to-night. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Back on Fizbus, most of the Times executives had been dead set against having a woman sent out as Drosmig's assistant. Helpfully Yours The women were making a dead set against her. The Silent Barrier He did so with an alacrity which I have since seen was anything but flattering to me, and left me with her while he made what you might call a dead set at Furnival. The Return of the Prodigal Drew had often urged Grimshaw to have one installed, but the old man was dead set against any such "new-fangled contraptions." Doubloons—and the Girl And even as the men pulled, dead set upon their fearful deed, there was sweeping down upon their own heads the mighty flood of ice and water. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon The object of the writer is no less than to alarm the whole nation by showing what we lose every year by the animals against whom he has made such a dead set. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 No use talking, Steve, if the miserable beast is dead set on keeping us from going on we’ll have to own up beaten, and retire with our skins whole.” Jack Winters' Campmates You see, Cutaway dealt with me, and though he knew I was dead set against crediting anybody, he would insist, and did—get into my books. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The song seems so casual and minor when you make a dead set at it. Ways of Nature I saw the Morgans were making a dead set to take me in. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 "Why, Meg—she is so dead set on getting that artistic temperament, that artistic thrill you raved about, that she has eloped." Melomaniacs But you see I got Hail Columbia from my wife for not bringing you to see her in Denver, and she’s dead set on getting acquainted with you here. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Or, if you're dead set on proverbs, remember that 'it's no use crying over spilt milk.' Bert Wilson on the Gridiron "Air you so dead set for me to go away?" she asked. Rimrock Trail She is nervous and sharp-tongued and fearless and I thought, at first, that she was making a dead set at my Duncan. The Prairie Child What possessed him to make such a dead set at the dean? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 You and Jimmie McTavish and a lot more of you fellows are dead set against all sorts of things that you accept in the end. The End of the Rainbow But the minister was somewhat less fortunate, and had no little trouble in diverting an ill-conditioned drop that had made a dead set at his pillow. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland No wonder, then, that there was a dead set at them, the living owner maulgre. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time For, mind you, it is not the mere dropping of the ballot once or twice a year on the part of woman to which public opinion is such a dead set. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II They are dead set against England, and claim to belong to France. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 I suppose he made a dead set at you while I was away—cowardly brute! Captain Desmond, V.C. I don’t see why yore so dead set against me,” he added. Shoe-Bar Stratton They were eyes which were used without much motion; and when they were dead set, as they were not unfrequently, it would seem as though he were defying those on whom he looked. The Vicar of Bullhampton The dead set against him extended from the Fifth Form downwards. The Hero of Garside School An’ all 23 because you was dead set on goin’ to the left when you ought to have gone to the right.” The Range Boss The young ladies made a dead set at him, of course, for Kidds was in every respect eligible; and he let them stroke him like a big pet lamb, but there matters ended. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis "He's dead set on buying Mameluke; I have tried to convince him he's not for sale." The Rider in Khaki A Novel The experience of 1836 will teach them not to make a dead set against doing business, or granting supplies, etc. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada If I had fallen in with them, you might probably have been a lord before I wished; for I know they meant to make a dead set at the Victory.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Why on earth was she making this dead set at him? The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance It was even probable he would be, for the devil makes a dead set at pious people. En Route Well, I know mother is going to give in because Father’s dead set on going. Chicken Little Jane You can plug him with your hand gun when you've got his dirty face dead set; but if you start shooting practice in No Man's Land, the audience join in. No Man's Land It would take no end of generosity, no end of gentleness to forgive such a dead set. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Fancy talking of Lydia Martin, every one knows she is making a dead set at Mr. Germaine, although poor Jack Martin has hardly been dead a year. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient She was making a dead set at him. A Love Story Reversed 1898 I sent Hawk out to the drug-store for smelling salts and containers of hot black coffee—not that I knew what I was doing, of course, but they were dead set against calling an ambulance. The Day of the Boomer Dukes It seems that he had had a tremendous argument with the other investigator about the possibility of "spirits" being black and naked, and he was dead set on proving that he had been right. The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist From "The New Decameron", Volume III. Mamma is dead set against the artistic, and I'm dead set against the fashionable. The Coast of Bohemia "Happens you're worth more to me than it; and you was dead set on filling up with that poison water," rejoined Slade. Bloom of Cactus Before breakfast was over he was willing to go almost anywhere, only he was dead set that me and Leonidas should trail along, too. Shorty McCabe "He's so dead set on pretty people, and most of the pretty ones are stupid or conceited." Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge Moreover, all the French here are, and always have been, dead set on Asia. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 And why should the world make this dead set at poor Mrs. Peony? Kate Coventry An Autobiography Ninety-nine per cent of your mind doesn't want to believe it; is dead set against it. Subspace Survivors "Why, he was going to come down this way, you know; and that sheriff seemed so dead set on getting him, that he's chased his dogs all the way," Larry explained. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat You fellows form a regular cabal, and make a dead set at me. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias Their bad temper took the form of a dead set on the unhappy Monsieur Lablache, who, during the first day of his vicarious office, led the existence of a pea on a frying-pan. The Master of the Shell Our148 eldest brother, Berthold, who, since he turned vegetarian, can't bear to see a chicken killed for dinner, and is dead set against all bloodshed, advised us to make peaceful terms with the enemy. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania What has happened in the marriage experience to change these individuals who were strong for monogamy into men and women either dead set against it or very doubtful about it? The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book He went for them, tooth and nail, making a dead set at Chamberlain, who had taken Gladstone's place as the leading figure in the House of Commons. Lloyd George The Man and His Story If you are dead set on doing more business you might go out and put goggles on the mules. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers Well, she made a dead set at him. Dixie Hart As we know, Tom182 was dead set against this kind of thing. Tom Slade's Double Dare Kate, I am going to make a dead set at him. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel By this time Milly Dalziel was as well as ever once more, and using her regained health to make a "dead set" at Eagle March. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Beauty is likely to flee when we make a dead set at her. The Last Harvest When she got back, Henley made a dead set for her. Dixie Hart Why are you so dead set on making a squatter outfit of the Three Bar? The Settling of the Sage He said I should have had a twelve-inch saddle instead of a fourteen and if I wasn't so dead set on a McClellan instead of a Western Stock I would be more comfortable. I Married a Ranger And when he was called upon, he would stand up and take what the class called a dead set; that is, he could not recite at all. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated The delay, the dark centuries, the misery,—these have been no part of His plan, but dead set against His plan. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ She makes a dead set at every eligible man she meets and concentrates on him to such an extent that he ends by losing interest in her altogether—actually avoiding her, in fact. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel They say Bully's dead set on getting th' Cup. Great Sea Stories Before, as he thought, the time had come to use it, he had fallen from favour, and a dead set was being made against him in Washington. Abraham Lincoln One day when the hen red start was sitting, two sparrows made a dead set at her; and although she behaved in a very plucky manner, she was getting the worst of it. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. Ma Chit is dead set on you, and that's the pure truth. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma There's some new grass there, an' my cattle is dead set on gettin' it. The Trail Horde They say Bully's dead set on getting th' Cup. Great Sea Stories But if you are dead set on getting rid of them, why, I am paid to give you advice, and here it is. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Nothing indicated the intensity of the struggle going on between the government and the people more than the dead set which was being made against "United Ireland." The Life Story of an Old Rebel A dead set had always been made by the Transvaal Government against any encouragement of liberal education which would involve the use or even recognition of the English language. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs But of course he was dead set on the pill-making for me, then. Jan A Dog and a Romance But you, Rose, you made a dead set at me. For Woman's Love Jove! they already are dead set, each with the other. Miss Caprice I am apt to take a dead set at liking a man I do not agree with, if I can. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy I was actually disgusted with her yesterday; it was what I call a dead set; if he marries her I shall hang myself, for live with her I never will; I positively detest her.' Gladys, the Reaper So she met the ship on which Lady Raygan, Rags, and Eileen returned to Ireland, in order to "make a dead set" at the man she had once discarded. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl And when he was called upon, he would stand up and take what the class called a "dead set;" that is, he could not recite at all. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader An' when a gopher gets away from his hole, the man with the gun has him dead set. The Man in the Twilight Don't look so bad, now, despite the dead set That against him we've made since his very first running, Do they mean him to win after all? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892 "Not if a dead set is made against her, and if she is made to feel she has no vocation, and that her influence is a pernicious one." Sister Teresa His history, though less positively inaccurate than the "dead set" against him of certain notorious persons chose to represent it, was uncritical: and his criticism, sometimes acute and luminous, was decidedly unhistorical. The English Novel There was a dead set against the horse. The Portland Peerage Romance He'd take a piece of silk ribbon and embroider a woman's initials on it in no time at all, leaving her dead set to have this household treasure. Ma Pettengill A dead set was made against him, and he was not only driven out of office, but forth from public life. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 "He's fitting out a great submarine fleet to get right in after the Prussians, and, since you fellows seem so dead set on getting there, I guess maybe it'll be arranged." The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet "The lifeless attitude" seems to be the only point of resemblance between the above definitions, and the appearance of one who is taking a dead set. A Collection of College Words and Customs Still, his one great weakness was conceit of his personal appearance, and his belief that every woman was making a dead set at him. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion "But we would have had revolvers, at least in our baggage, if you hadn't always been so dead set against carrying them," Harry complained. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers "Even—even back there you was dead set on having good figures around the place, wasn't you, Phonzie?" Every Soul Hath Its Song Le train de Luxe I know has come in, of late, for some abuse, and some grumblers have made a dead set at it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 18, 1890 Come now, Cis, why are you so dead set against this plan? More Bywords Never had the Swiss been so dead set against their foes; and "as cruel as at Morat" was for a long while a common expression. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 With everything dead set against her, broken looking glass, salt weights, only one eye, and not a single good luck symbol on her anywhere she had come out first in spite of it all! The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos Then they make him be disarmed, and have his wound washed and tended and some of the knight's dust that was dead set thereon that it might have healing. The High History of the Holy Graal So, if they hadn't wanted to take any pardons before, they were dead set against it now. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself How often he is at a dead set! Walden Rama claims: Cult Awareness Network and persons associated with it are participating in the very practices that they purport to be dead set against. Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult Made a dead set at the poor devil. The Island of Doctor Moreau I could see she was dead set to make a good marriage. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation But carriages aye stop at big houses; indeed, the very coachmen and footmen and horses are dead set against calling at cottages. A Knight of the Nets I think that the man is at a dead set who has got through a knot-hole or gateway where his sledge load of furniture cannot follow him. Walden I have myself not so much made a dead set at this theory, or attempted to present it directly, as admitted it to color and sometimes dominate what I had to say. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy For some reason or other—because they have been snubbed, or something like that—the masters, the examiners, or whatever they are called, make a dead set at some men, and simply keep them back. From One Generation to Another When a large part of a rain-fed river, and a few acres of flood-water, made a dead set for a nine-foot culvert, the culvert may spout its finest, but the water cannot all get out. Indian Tales There is to be a dead set evidently…. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 "Sir, if I may be so bold, what do you mean by a dead set?" Walden Our Andrew, although an artist dead set on perfection and a shrewd man of business, was young, pitiful and generous. The Mountebank It was hardly manly to make a dead set at the little thing because she was foolish and fond of dress, and because she knew a man who displeased him. The Christian A Story Are you so dead set on wearing your life out for a pack of dirty brats? Ghosts I admitted to Chamberlain when we met on February 3rd that there was, as he said, a dead set at him, and that the Pall Mall for a wonder was backing it up. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 The powers of darkness had been making a dead set upon Donald all winter, and towards spring he began to lose hope. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush He is too much ashamed of his forbears for one thing; and for another he is too dead set on living down his beastly name. The Lost Naval Papers "Are you dead set on working for the Bar S or the Cross-in-a-box?" The Heart of the Range Suppose you go to Mary and tell her that you're dead set on keeping this Hunter with you. Bull Hunter People said: The Hampdens have made a dead set on Campbell, always asking him to luncheon, etc. The Doctor's Daughter If the Dictator makes a dead set against Smith, the Detractor is pretty sure to find good in him, and may even run him as a whole-souled patriot! The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography What he was I could not guess, but I was dead set on finding out before the night was over. The Lost Naval Papers "That's what I call a dead set," said the driver, drawing a long breath, as he turned to Mr. Gray, who stood in some embarrassment. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers When a large part of a rain-fed river, and a few acres of flood-water, make a dead set for a nine-foot culvert, the culvert may spout its finest, but the water cannot all get out. Soldiers Three He will not if he can help it, for he is dead set against the young lady they want to marry him to, and she is to be there. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume A dead set: a concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Ever since I began to stand for Westminster there has been a dead set against me in the City. The Way We Live Now XVI I have thought that the boy is the only true lover of Nature, and that we, who make such a dead set at studying and admiring her, come very wide of the mark. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers I am trundling at the time, and without a moment's hesitancy I make a dead set at the Bey, with the single object of satisfying to some extent my gastronomic requirements. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Well, the professor is dead set against it, and I'm down on it right smart myself. Katherine's Sheaves Her expression gave Grant a faint suggestion of a chill of apprehension lest she should be about to take advantage of their friendship by making a dead set for him. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel Ten minutes elapsed, but he stood motionless, like a pointer at dead set. Roughing It in the Bush The auditors look comfortable and cozy, and quite at home, and do not, shoulder to shoulder and in solid lines, make a dead set at the play and the music. Winter Sunshine I do think he must be right; she must be making a dead set at Louis.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 "Oh, well, it's only that I want to marry one girl, and my uncle's dead set on my marrying another." The Intrusion of Jimmy So I bought a new outfit of clothes and a book on etiquette and made a dead set for Mrs. De Clinton. Rolling Stones To have put my hand round Lucia's living throat; yes, that would have been a keen delight, but I was not dead set on possessing myself of her handkerchief that I might kiss in private. To-morrow? "Mrs. Huntsford is on her way to call and make a dead set to get you all to a garden party." Clever Woman of the Family For some reason she's dead set on marrying him, ready to give up her fortune to do so, if necessary. The Gold Bag "Why are you so dead set against this business?" asked her father, when he had gone. Benita, an African romance He got her dead set on him and his stories, that's what he gets for 'em! A First Family of Tasajara I started to say, our Floor Leader is dead set against it. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' One day he rushed into the thicket, and made a dead set at a large snake, whose head I saw raised above the herbage. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Seems he'd been sent out to one of the colleges in the Middle West by his dad, who was dead set on havin' a lawyer in the family. The Depot Master He's dead set on usin' this sheep an' cattle feud to ruin my family an' me, even as I ruined him. To the Last Man "Are you going to make a dead set at me, too?" inquired Geoffrey. Man and Wife It would take no end of generosity, no end of gentleness to forgive such a dead set. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He saw plainly enough that Lady Arabella was making a dead set at his master, and he was watchful of the slightest sign of anything which might enhance this knowledge. Lair of the White Worm |
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