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Word: chews (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...over my head--my precocious older sister, who later became a mathematician, and even later a sculptor, was the real target audience--but it was playfully written and deeply weird and off-the-charts smart and generally just the thing for a household of pretentious, alienated adolescents to chew on. My siblings and I weren't especially close, but we always had that book in common: it was our secret shared nerd bible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of Mathemagical Thinking | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...eccentricities. The creature is less vicious than playful, a showboating athlete that does high-bar 360s on a bridge rail and backflips into the river. When it hits land, it lopes like Marmaduke next to its ostensible victims; it treats any human in its mouth more as a chew toy than as lunch. If the movie is remade for the U.S. market, expect kids to beg for those monster toys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Host with The Most | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...advises. Forget about such splatter-prone fare as spaghetti, lobster or ribs unless you're in a specialty restaurant and your dining partners will be ordering the same. Other rules, according to the experts: Wait until everyone has been served before you start. And whatever you do, don't chew with your mouth open. Deal breaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manners Matters | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...rush you out to UHS, claim that you were speaking in tongues and accuse them of persecuting you for your religion. When asked what religion that might be, become evasive and start babbling again. 13) Use your powers of animal empathy to communicate with Harvard Yard squirrels. They can chew through your bonds and, working as a team, carry you to freedom. 14) Replace a few strands of your hair with garotte wire. Too intense for you? Fine, fail your final. 15) Burrow into Harvard’s network of steam tunnels and escape to the relative freedom-from-grades...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 WAYS TO CONTACT THE OUTSIDE WORLD IF HELD INCOMMUNICADO | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

Need a snack? Walnuts were found to reduce inflammation and oxidation of the arteries by harmful fats, which can lead to heart disease. And on a sweet note: regular doses of cocoa improve blood flow. Something to chew on into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Takeaway Diet of 2006 | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

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