Word: bug
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Novak said last Tuesday in North Carolina, according to a report in the Raleigh News & Observer. “I’d be amazed if he doesn’t.”He continued, “So I say, don’t bug me. Don’t bug Bob Woodward. Bug the president as to whether he should reveal who the source is.”White House spokesman Scott McClellan dismissed Novak’s claim on Thursday. “I don’t know what he’s basing...
...INJURY BUG...
...best graphic novel. Set in the 1970s, Black Hole uses the tropes of that decade's best horror movies -- bell-bottoms, sex, monsters, drug use and murder -- and twists them in unexpected ways to explore psychology, symbolism and the weirdness of growing up. A sexually transmitted disease called "the bug" mutates its teenage victims in creepy, disfiguring ways, giving one an extra mouth, and another a little tail. But rather than making his protagonists fall in love while battling freaks, Burns makes them deal with the alienation of getting infected. Drawn in a detailed, high-contrast black and white style...
...deforestation in Brazil. If anyone doubted that CSR has finally come of age in the U.S., they were probably set straight in October when Wal-Mart, the world's leading corporate bad guy in the eyes of a staggering range of social activists, claimed it had caught the bug. The $288 billion behemoth announced it would slash solid waste and greenhouse-gas emissions, invest $500 million a year in energy efficiency and offer better medical benefits to its 1.2 million U.S. employees. "We are going to do well by doing good," said CEO Lee Scott...
...Harvard bench wore mesh Crimson uniforms. The other half, donned in the grim black jumpsuits of the team’s injured, served as a constant and visible reminder of the team’s rotten luck. “We’ve been bitten by the bug real bad,” sophomore guard Lindsay Hallion said. Joining a trio of hobbled freshman on the sidelines was co-captain Jessica Holsey, who sat ominously on the bench with a mystery injury that she sustained in practice on Tuesday. The team’s offensive leader and top returning...