Word: armes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...just the beginning. After 15 hikes in less than two years, the Federal Reserve has signaled that it has probably finished bumping up interest rates, but for people who borrowed heavily to buy new homes during the recent boom, the damage is done. Those hugely popular adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMS) have always had a catch--the low initial rates last only a year or so--and the new terms are now kicking in for the latest wave of ARM holders...
...Madden football series for Nintendo's new hardware. He sees the controller from the auteur's perspective, as an opportunity but also a huge challenge. "Our engineers now have to decipher what the user is doing," he says. "'Is that a throw gesture? Is it a juke? A stiff arm?' Everyone knows how to make a throwing motion, but we all have our own unique way of throwing." But consider the upside: you're basically playing football in your living room. "To snap the ball, you 'snap' the remote back toward your body, which hikes the ball," Schappert says...
...Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten, following a National Security Council meeting. Goss then talked with Bush before the departure announcement, where they were seated in front of the fireplace the White House uses for photo opportunities with visiting world leaders. Although Bush put his hand on Goss's arm as journalists were herded in, the President betrayed none of his usual reluctance at a high-level departure. "This morning, Director Porter Goss offered his resignation as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; I've accepted it," Bush said matter-of-factly. "I've established a very close, personal...
Losing the partners dance competition during last Thursday’s senior class “Roller Disco” wasn’t the only tough break Kristi L. Jobson ’06 had that night. She also broke her arm during the dance-off portion of the evening when she and her partner, Timothy J. McGinn ’06, took things up to a short-lived “next level.” After advancing to the eighth round of competition, Jobson and McGinn, both Crimson editors, decided that in order to win the coveted...
...spotted “an unidentified male leaning into the fully open side door of the ambulance,” Catalano wrote in an e-mail last night. “As the officer and EMT arrived back at the previously locked ambulance, the male was just withdrawing his arm and putting something into his rear pocket,” he wrote. The sophomore’s brother, William A. Rodger ’06, said yesterday that he “fully supported” his brother. “[The matter] has been handled properly...