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...rivalries between shops remain. Back on the Long Beach Pike [in California], artists used to drive cars into each other's shops. They'd hire Marines to go in there and beat up everybody. These days, that doesn't really happen anymore. If you have a rivalry with another shop it's usually a good-spirited competition. Occasionally bad things do happen; there was one shop in Portland that was really, really bad. It was on the outskirts of town and another shop run by real professionals started up out there, and the warfare between these two places just escalated...
...Rafael Nadal, he is constantly fighting all these elements, including his own body (he had to pull out of Wimbledon for overworking his knees). Nadal's game is exciting to watch, but one gets tired of watching him win with a struggle, 10 times in a row. Nadal can beat Federer every single time they meet, but that won't make him greater than Federer, nor it will make Federer anything less than a living, and still playing, legend of tennis. Hakan Azatoglu, ISTANBUL, TURKEY...
...discuss a recent homicide investigation in the mayor's office, the creases on Booker's forehead increase tenfold. He admits to posting a murder target for 2009 on his bedroom wall, a practice that he knows is somewhat morbid. (Booker won't share the number he wishes Newark to beat.) Booker has dumped the 4 a.m. chases, however. "I made a deal with Garry that as long as the crime numbers are going where they are going," Booker says, "I will not get in the police cars anymore." He hasn't totally softened, though. While cruising to a July...
...Senate, Simmons, Caligiuri, or Foley would outshine Dodd. Still, the incumbent will be tough to beat. Already, his approval ratings are recovering. Republicans should wait until each candidate’s message is better defined; then, they should decide. Otherwise, voters may stick with Dodd. The people of Connecticut are notoriously stubborn—they call their state, “The Land of Steady Habits.” I hope that isn’t their way of saying they make the same mistakes twice...
...always had the feeling that if late in life someone had tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Walter, we're a little shorthanded this week. Think you could help us on the police beat for a few mornings?" he would have responded, "Boy, oh, boy - when and where do you want me?" (See pictures of Walter Cronkite's life and career...