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...Rehearsal for Invasion, the first-hand account of the ill-fated Dieppe raid of 1942; in London. A deadpan wit, he raised eyebrows with Flushed with Pride, the story of John Crapper, father of the modern toilet and Bust-Up, a spoof biography of the inventor of the modern bra, Otto Titzling. DIED. PAUL MAGLOIRE, 93, dictator of Haiti from 1950 to 1956; near Port-au-Prince. The former general who overthrew civilian President Dumarsais Estime in 1950 oversaw Haiti's most marked period of prosperity, the result of a record influx of tourists and high coffee exports. But Hurricane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...with one blade stabbed into a base of red satin sends shivers down the spine as it conjures up the murder weapon from Dial M for Murder. Each object - a bread knife (Blackmail), a ruby necklace (Vertigo), a glass of milk on a silver tray (Suspicion), a black lace bra (Psycho) - is placed on a square of red satin in a glass case along with a small black-and-white scrapbook-style photo of the object's film role. The room is dark, Bernard Herrmann's music for Vertigo and Psycho fill the space, and the observers are cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fine Art of Fear | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...lack of interest b) Greenspan's excited declaration that "Oprah's on!" c) tech problems d) Abby Joseph Cohen's surprising call that "Maria Bartiromo's not wearing a bra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Jun. 18, 2001 | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

Since 1996, Abyss Creations has shipped more than 800 of the jarringly lifelike sex dolls. Each week between six and eight beauties are tarted up in bra, panties and stockings and loaded into rough wooden crates for delivery from San Marcos, California, to their new owners. The dolls' creator, 32-year-old Matt McMullen, is disarmingly normal. Wearing a baseball cap and faded jeans, he looks more grunge rocker than sleaze merchant. His merchandise, on the other hand, is way out there. The five body types range from sleek nymphets to one whose upper deck would make Anna Nicole Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Well, Hello, Dolly | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...mayor may have overstepped his executive bounds in granting the BRA $7 million of city funds to redevelop City Hall Plaza...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Davis-Mullen Chances Slim in Boston Mayoral Race | 5/2/2001 | See Source »

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