Word: ca
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...parent and an educator, I was surprised at the ''plus ca change . . .'' impression given by your piece on children's toys (LIVING, Dec. 22). Are you assuming that Rambo occupies the same role as Daniel Boone or Superman in children's fantasies and contributes in the same way to their moral and social development? If the historical trend toward more explicitly violent heroes is so benign, why have we seen such a dramatic increase in real violence in our society over the past several decades...
...Complete Essays of Montaigne , trans. Donald M. Frame (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press...
...unlikely that a majority of Virginia voters will take Affleck seriously either. First and foremost, Affleck is an outsider—a Boston native with no real ties to Virginia. In addition, the growing unpopularity of celebrity Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Ca) is likely to make voters more circumspect towards a candidate running on celebrity. Affleck also represents the northeastern brand of liberalism of which many Virginians would be wary...
...must be possible to control the Internet in some way. Currently an American company known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) handles many aspects of Internet governance. It controls the assignment of domain names, Internet Protocol numbers, and country specific extensions (like .ca for Canada and .de for Germany). ICANN was founded in 1998 by the Clinton administration and operates, at least in theory, free from the interference of the U.S. government, although ICANN does have a “memorandum of understanding” with the Department of Commerce. ICANN’s activities, according...
...story; it moves from a description of an event to a poignant revelation. The boy has told his girl their affair is over, and she takes it, so to speak, like a man: "big girls don't cry." The boy has second thoughts ("Maybe I was cruel [actually, "ca-roo-oo-ool"]/ Maybe I'm a fool") and learns from her mother that the girl was "cryin' in bed," devastated despite her stoic front. Lesson learned: "big girls...