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...Republican triumph has been watching the media attempt to figure out what happened. If Democrats really want to understand the red states, they need to talk less and listen more, judge less and learn more. Above all, they need to quit painting the "flyover" states with such a broad brush, get off their high horse and acquire some humility. Until then, we red-state voters will continue to quietly vote in record numbers for candidates we can respect and admire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 6, 2004 | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...City devotees may want to brush up on their algebra before they go shopping for their next pair of Manolo Blahniks. Mathematically inclined scientists at the Institute of Physics in London have devised a back-of-the-envelope (and slightly tongue-in-cheek) formula to help a woman determine just how high her heels can go before she topples over. Among the variables: number of years' experience wearing towering heels, time elapsed since the shoe was the height of fashion, and number of social cocktails the wearer plans to imbibe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year In Medicine From A To Z | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...rescue with packaging that supplies a single serving of makeup. Cargo's DailyGloss comes in individual-use bubbles, and with a mini-roll of blush paper that holds a sweep of color in each disposable sheet, Flirt! Rollerblush helps you do away with the need to carry a brush. Just tear and apply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miniature Makeup For Perfect Styling On The Go | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...used to be so clean, but look at you now—smelly, dirty, disheveled—a real loser. It’s the middle of November. You’ve been working hard, so hard that you forget to do basic things like brush your teeth. Your blue jeans are stiff from six continuous weeks of wear, and your Harvard hoodie reeks of curry chicken, last night’s preferred dinner option. Rather than wash it you spray on another layer of cologne. You smell like a stale perfume sample in Vanity Fair and your once smooth...

Author: By William L. Adams, HIGH SOCIETY | Title: Bah, Humbug! | 12/8/2004 | See Source »

...with that my tanning bed session expires. I wobble over to my clothes, careful not to brush the denim against my charred thighs. I return to my room where dear Thesis is waiting. I will finish in 8 days. It may not be stellar, but it will be done. And no matter what, I’m going to have one hell...

Author: By William L. Adams, HIGH SOCIETY | Title: Bah, Humbug! | 12/8/2004 | See Source »

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