ANCHOR. While the anchor has had some currency in various cultures as a symbol relating to the sea and to virtues like constancy and hope, its religious significance became paramount only with the growth of Christianity. In fact, the anchor as we know...

An anchor is a device attached to a boat or ship and cast overboard that keeps the vessel in a particular place by digging into the bottom. The word anchor comes from the Greek word meaning hook or crook. Prehistoric anchors held vessels in place...

He is like the anchor that is always in the sea, yet does not learn to swim. (Italian) It is better to lose the anchor than the whole ship....

An anchor is an object, often made out of metal, that is used to attach a ship to the bottom of a body of water at a specific point. There are two primary classes of anchors—temporary and permanent. A permanent anchor is often called a mooring, and is...

CBS News President Sean McManus dismissed talk that Katie Couric may leave as "CBS Evening News" anchor by saying Thursday that he expected her to be doing the job through her full five-year contract.A candid Couric interview in New York magazine this week renewed questions...

In the 1987 movie "Broadcast News," Aaron Altman, played by Albert Brooks, has one shot at the anchor's seat, only to be beset by a rabid case of flop sweat. William Hurt's character, the slick but shallow Tom Grunick, later describes Altman's moist meltdown as...

Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman returned to work Thursday with an apology and an audio glitch.Tilghman was suspended for two weeks after saying during the season-opening tournament that young challengers to Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley."She apologized to Woods, who did...

Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman returned to work with an apology and an audio glitch.Tilghman was suspended for two weeks after saying during the season-opening tournament that young challengers to Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley."She apologized to Woods, who did not...