Search Details

Word: butt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...basic philosophy is an attack defense,” Everett explains. “He’s playing his butt off, playing quick and aggressive, and that’s how he got the two picks...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: After Long Wait, Tracy is Back in the Spotlight | 10/6/2004 | See Source »

...this presents an unenviable situation for all involved. Club members don’t wish to be solely responsible for the students that the University and Cambridge can’t or won’t accommodate; nor do they wish to be the butt of endless criticism throughout campus for their historic traditions. And for those who disagree with the selective entrance policies, there’s really no alternative, just a slice of bad pizza and an early night?...

Author: By Bede A. Moore, | Title: Drink Up Your Punch | 10/6/2004 | See Source »

When Hassan Butt, a 24-year-old British Pakistani, enters a curry restaurant in Manchester, an industrial city in northern England, he is greeted as a minor celebrity, the other diners nodding and smiling at him. He is the former Lahore spokesman for al-Muhajiroun, an extremist group based in Britain. Since his falling-out with the group, the British-born Butt has had his passports impounded and is under surveillance. "I would fit into being called a radical, and one day, God willing, even to be called a terrorist, if Allah permits me," Butt says. "This is something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggle For The Soul Of Islam | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

...Butt says his goal is nothing less than to restore the rule of "central [Islamic] authority'' over as much of the world as possible, as in the time of the Prophet Muhammad and his successors. There is no way to interpret the Koran other than literally, Butt insists, and therefore no room for "moderation.'' If, in the Koran, he says, "Allah says fight, you fight. How can anyone take a 'moderate' view of this?" And as soon as he gets his passports back, he insists, he will be off to do as Allah commands. To his fellow radicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggle For The Soul Of Islam | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

...saying, "My boyfriend says this is stupid and we look stupid and the network wants us to look stupid and everyone who watches us is stupid." Headlines in the National Enquirer report that Ken and his posse were asked to leave the UCLA library after refusing to shush. Becomes butt of criticism when he starts trash talking rivals. "Who cares?," Ken comments. "Right now I'm bigger than Alex." Ratings plateau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Take Ken Jennings' World for $400 | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | Next