Search Details

Word: buff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Petersen, 61, stopped running long distances after he suffered a herniated disk. Marti Devore, 53, abandoned stair climbers and treadmills when she aggravated an old hip injury. Marilyn Franzen, 52, gave up racquetball and triathlons after three knee operations. As Petersen, Devore, Franzen and any other middle-aged fitness buff can tell you, the older you get, the more you have to deal with creaky and painful joints. But the benefits of exercise--from lower blood pressure to improved mood--are just too great to pass up. So most people who want to remain active eventually learn to accommodate their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Age Gracefully | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...names right back at him. But they must be properly chosen so as to peeve him sufficiently. If he is the bookish type, try calling him “Hunk” or perhaps “Tarzan.” If he prides himself on his gruff and buff exterior, try “Twinkle Toes...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR NIKKI: Smoochin' and Surfin' | 5/16/2005 | See Source »

Something in the article is misleading. H Bomb’s editors say they had no problem finding models, that people were happy to do it: maybe so. But there was one more person looking for a chance to experience self-exploration in the buff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...just having made it to the end of the river is a relief. All the pieces are together, and I was able to buff up the older ones. I can put it together in a six-part DVD and be very proud of the way the story gets told. On the other hand, I have a feeling this one is going to be sort of like the last one in terms of some people like it, some people hate it. And like everyone who makes movies, I'm always convinced the next one will be a flop. So right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: A Look Back in Wonder | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...only similarity between the contestants is that each plays with a red Soviet flag on his side of the table. The darkly handsome Kasparov is a long-distance runner, pop-music buff and sharp dresser who regularly dates a striking blond stage actress, Marina Neolova. But another woman in his life has long been more important. After the death of his Jewish father Kim Wehistein, Kasparov took the maiden name of his Armenian mother Clara; she has ruled his career ever since. At the championships she sat motionless each day in the same third-row seat, watching intensely. Though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bitterness and Brilliance in Moscow | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Previous | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Next