Word: bucked
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...over holidays (stealing increases dramatically over Christmas and decreases on the 4th of July) and during times of national crisis (the stealing rate dropped after 9/11 and has remained at a constant level since). Even though teachers and Sumo wrestlers cheat sometimes, 89 percent of bagel-eaters left a buck behind...
Ditch the black shirts and gray pants. Bright colors and high-tech garments that chase the sweat away are scoring this year. Cutter & Buck's shore blue (for men) and solar yellow (for women) ThermaTec shirts, out in June, have tiny silver fibers that keep duffers cool...
...fearsome mummy that spawned a legendary curse and a generation of horror movies turns out to have been a slender, buck-toothed teenager who probably died after a serious accident. A team of Egyptian scientists recently put King Tutankhamen through a medical scanner, generating 1,700 highly detailed three-dimensional images of the boy king's remains. Using an exact model of Tut's skull, three forensic teams then reconstructed the face behind the famous golden mask. The process is documented in a National Geographic Channel special, King Tut's Final Secrets, airing May 29. The images also debunk...
...executives were encouraged to take more risks on potential blockbusters. "Sumner was always Mr. Content Is King, and that was a little in conflict with Mel's natural tendency to drive quarterly growth," says a source close to the execs. Karmazin says he was never that tight with a buck if a deal was worth it. "Didn't I get the NFL back on CBS?" he asks. "My focus on cost has been there throughout my career, including today...
Kids who choose to buck traditional fashion or behavior norms had better learn to tolerate stares, taunts and other public disdain. Those who dress idiosyncratically do so to make a statement and may not be received in lovey-dovey, p.c. ways. As a parent who encourages individuality, I suggest that if your child says he or she is being bullied, do more than empathize. Look into the situation before reporting the antagonist. There are at least two sides to every story...