Word: ax
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Iceman's equipment revealed an unexpected degree of sophistication. His copper ax was initially mistaken by Spindler as evidence that the find dated from the Bronze rather than the Neolithic Age. But the blade turned out to be nearly pure copper, not bronze...
Celebrity Series Pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Symphony Hall. Friday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m. Call 266-1492 for more information...
...which leaves little room for professional comedians, let alone filmmakers with a polemical ax to bury in some foolish politician's scalp. How can they parody something that is already the lowest form of public discourse...
...ax just keeps falling on the beleaguered American worker. In a new round of layoffs that underscored the weakness of the economy last week, three major oil companies announced painful business restructurings. Amoco said it will cut 8,500 jobs, or nearly 16% of its work force, as it abandons unproductive oil fields and writes off other assets. Unocal plans to eliminate 1,100 of its 17,000 jobs worldwide, mostly in the U.S. And Mobil said it is paring 2,000 salaried jobs, or 9.5% of that group. The energy giants joined such diverse blue-chip companies as Hughes...
...Secrets of the Universe may have to wait. Last week the House voted to ax most of next year's $483.7 million funding for the superconducting supercollider, designed to be the world's biggest atom smasher. The collider is meant to reveal the mysteries of the sub-sub-atomic world by crashing particles together inside an 86-km (54-mile) oval tunnel that will literally surround the town of Waxahachie, Texas. But it also bears the world's biggest price tag: $8.3 billion all told, and rising. That was too super for even the House...