Word: alphas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...toga-wearing John Belushi-esque dude is probably the last image that pops into your head. But while a beer-can speckled street of letter-adorned houses doesn’t exist round these parts, fraternities do lurk among Harvard’s masses. Three of them, in fact: Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), Sigma Chi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE). As invitations to rush meetings begin to flood freshmen doorboxes, FM decided to check out these brothers from different mothers and their bi-annual ritual to attract new members, dubbed “rush.” According to AEPi?...
...work in towns where secrecy is an expression of power. Sure, secrets can be the means to important ends, but as publicists and White House aides know, keeping secrets is an end in itself. Even when it's brazen--especially when it's brazen--secrecy affirms and bolsters your alpha status: I know you want to know this thing. But you do not have the leverage to make me talk about this thing. Therefore...
...longer could I prance around the hall in a bra and panties with all the confidence of an alpha male wolf who had marked his territory; two dozen people now shared the floor. No longer could I croon Mariah Carey at the top of my lungs in the shower at four o’clock in the morning; I might disturb other slumbering or studying Thayer residents. Early on, my proctor gently drew me aside and explained the dorm etiquette of using “indoor voices when we’re indoors”; he had gotten complaints from...
...users add different lenses, and are known for capturing more light and for snapping exactly what the photographer views through the finder. Canon and Nikon, both strong slr players from the analog days, are leading the charge. Sony, too, is moving for the first time into dslrs with its Alpha dslr A100, which hit the market in July. The camera uses slr technology Sony acquired from Konica Minolta, and is selling for around $1,000, lens included. Companies think the dslr will whet the appetites of gadget lovers who will eat up higher-margin aftermarket treats, like lenses, flashes...
...also built to deliver more relevant links, by pulling from the part of its index that makes the most sense (it doesn't bother with travel sites if the keyword is diabetes, for example). The specialized health search engine is the farthest along - it graduated from the alpha test phase to beta in February - but Kosmix has been busy adding new subject areas, including Finance, Travel and U.S. politics, and, most recently, video games...