Word: asks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...series, he alleged in a court filing that two refs conspired to fix the 2002 Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. Donaghy claimed he wasn't the only rogue referee, as he described a corrupt culture in which refs would play tennis with coaches, ask players for autographs, and accept free meals and gifts from coaches and team officials. He said one ref was so close to a particular general manager that he deliberately made calls in his favor...
...continue expanding attention on it,” he said. The other change in the survey, the multiple choice format, was implemented for the convenience of easily cataloging the data; long, written suggestions were too difficult to translate into results, according to Martin. “We try to ask questions that will help us make programmatic decisions,” she said, adding that students can comment on the HUDS Web site blog or on the feedback cards in the dining halls. HUDS publicizes the survey by ensuring that an e-mail is sent to the House lists, Martin...
...wearing a white tie and bring markers to fill it in as you figure out the club’s colors. At the bar order “the club drink.” If the bartender doesn’t know what you’re talking about, ask for a new bartender. As you mingle, make a splash with conversation topics like the Israel lobby, eating poor people, boat shoes, croquet mallet technology, and LOLcatz. When you shake a member’s hand, give him a firm wink and slip him a fiver. Make sure you?...
While sending an instant message is all it now takes to ask a Harvard librarian a question, few undergraduates have taken advantage of the service launched earlier this month. On Oct. 1, Harvard College Library released the new program “Ask Us Live!” that connects students with librarians Thursday through Sunday from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The system operates through the web messenger Meebo, which requires no downloads and can access Google, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN accounts. Students can reach the service through a link in the upper left-hand corner...
...forth, engaging in an enthusiastic conversation without a moderator. “If you’re going to hang yourself, you should do it from a high tree,” joked Wolpe about speaking alongside Pinker. The California-based rabbi launched the discussion of morality by asking Pinker why individuals would tip waiters without the moral dictates of religion. “If there is no God, and the basis of kindness is evolutionary development, what does it really matter if I don’t leave a tip?” Wolpe asked Pinker. Pinker addressed...