Word: beltings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Later life lived this way doesn't come cheap. The Del Webb company, which made its name building luxury spas and retirement communities in the Sun Belt, last year opened a Sun City retirement community in Huntley, near frost-belted Chicago, an acknowledgment that seniors increasingly prefer to locate near longtime friends and family and not move to far-off sunny climes. Prices range from $130,000 for a single-level fourplex to $750,000 for customized estate homes that include home theaters, Jacuzzis and wine cellars, where an eminent Bordeaux can age along with its owners...
...than 2 percent growth ?- and suffering painful blows in such key sectors as gold mining. "The increase demanded by the striking workers really isn?t much more than the inflation rate," says TIME South Africa bureau chief Peter Hawthorne. "The government may be forced to compromise and tighten the belt in other areas, such as military expenditure." Absent the moral authority of retired president Nelson Mandela, Mbeki may find it difficult to resolve the mounting tide of labor conflicts and avert major social disruption. But at least the government is leading by example: While it?s offering public sector employees...
...housing development in Memphis, Tenn. Among the items: a portrait by the only artist for whom Elvis ever sat (1); a Texaco credit card (2); a 1971 jumpsuit (3); sheet music for All Shook Up (with original title I'm All Shook Up) (4); and the aptly named "Peacock Belt" (5). While you should start saving money, there's no need to diet; items from the fat and the skinny years are available...
...causes blood to glow in the dark. Although he was a chemist, Barton claimed never to have heard of it but then added, "I had seen it on one episode of Columbo." The police got a positive reaction in Barton's car, on the ignition switch and a seat belt. Barton had no explanation for why there might be blood there, but he did have a challenge for them: "If there is a ton of blood in my car, why aren't you arresting me?" He said, "Well, now, why am I not in handcuffs?" The police admitted there...
...were so dumb," he laughs. "We watched the belt swing over our heads, never suspecting what they were going...