Search Details

Word: basically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...shell with your finger. It can remember and mimic a rhythmic pattern of up to 15 clicks. In song mode, it bleep-bleeps Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony. But the most fun you can have with these tiny turtle robots is to race them against each other. In basic walk mode, the Walkie Bits' pace is unpredictable, so you never know which one-peach? melon? pineapple? mint?-will win. Each one runs on a watch battery and comes in a canister. Three can fit in the palm of your hand. Next Product: iCat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Bot Crazy | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...health care." Give the uninsured vouchers-"I'm not afraid of vouchers"-for use in the insurance system that covers federal employees. Basic coverage, nothing fancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Democrats Are Happy Warriors | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...them the idea of scientifically monitoring patients in a special place - a hospital. One page in a Treatise on Anatomy, written in Persia in 1411, details digestive organs, veins and arteries outlined on a human body. And a 1632 copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine delineates the basic skeletal system. The curators have put together an imaginative collection of some 200 artifacts, lent by 33 mainly Western museums, including books, maps, quadrants, globes, musical instruments, tiles, paintings and weapons. But many of the Age's great achievements no longer exist, and can only be appreciated through images. Though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahead Of Their Time | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...sizeable portion of section leaders who already do a wonderful job (nor the all-star professors and lecturers who lead many sophomore and junior tutorials with finesse). But how many of us have routinely had sections where TFs walk into class without a lesson plan or even a basic strategy for guiding conversations? How many have had TFs who do not know how to facilitate a discussion, to focus its inquiry, to corral its digressions? How often as a result have we had to suffer through sections dominated by classmates in love with their own voice and grubbing for grades...

Author: By Henry Seton, | Title: Reviving Veritas | 11/10/2005 | See Source »

There are a few basic options for sleeping at another college: 1) Rely on a friend of a friend (horrible idea). 2) Sleep on the floor (pretty terrible). 3) Crash on the futon of a co-ed who takes pity on you (depressing). Or, 4) Get blackout and pull a sleepover/hook-up with anyone who will talk...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE BELL LAP: The Ultimate College Visit | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

Previous | 429 | 430 | 431 | 432 | 433 | 434 | 435 | 436 | 437 | 438 | 439 | 440 | 441 | 442 | 443 | 444 | 445 | 446 | 447 | 448 | 449 | Next