Word: brand-new
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...question now is whether Turkey will become the first offender to be penalized under the brand-new Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996. The legislation, Clinton insists, will hit hard at terrorism, "the enemy of our generation." In fact, the law inflicts its punishment on America's allies, doing virtually nothing to prevent states from supporting terrorists but imposing sanctions against companies in Turkey as well as Italy, France, Germany or any other nation that makes a major investment in the Iranian or Libyan petroleum business...
Steps have been taken to better seal the store, but, Cooperman said, "a brand-new brick building with a new foundation doesn't allow [rats] entry...
Finding people with brand-new HIV infections isn't easy; most don't get tested that quickly. But last July the researchers managed to find 12 men who had been infected with HIV for no more than 90 days. The men have been on combination therapy ever since, and Ho can't find a trace of the virus in their blood. In the next few weeks, he plans to take biopsies of their lymph nodes to see if the virus is hiding there, out of reach of both the drugs and the blood tests. If the nodes are clear...
...brand-new Olympic track-and-field stadium got its first full-dress workout with the paying public last week, thanks to the Atlanta Grand Prix international meet. Carl Lewis, at 34, clocked under 10 sec. in the 100 m for the first time since 1991. Michael Johnson came from behind to win his 19th consecutive 200-m victory on what athletes deemed a fast track. The stadium has just one hurdle remaining before the Olympics: next month's U.S. trials...
...artistic payoff too. Today's rockers, as they strive to re-create the glory days of the B side, can squeeze more material onto a CD single than performers could in the era of 45s and 78s--including remixes of hits, extended versions of current songs, and, increasingly, brand-new songs. The new Smashing Pumpkins CD single, Zero, has six previously unreleased tracks; one, Pennies, could have been...