Word: chunks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...super welterweight (no more than 154 lbs.) championship. The fight will be shown in a record 176 countries and may become the most watched pay-per-view matchup ever--at $55 a pop in the U.S.--perhaps topping the 1.99 million buys to see Mike Tyson bite off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear in 1997. Arena tickets sold out in three hours, generating $19 million, a Nevada boxing record. "This could be the night that saves boxing," says Richard Schaefer, CEO of De La Hoya's company, Golden Boy Promotions, which is staging the clash...
...hour day, that would still be two hours and 40 minutes, a hefty chunk of time. Perhaps sensing that for once the high road might offer a competitive advantage in the Nielsen race, ABC news reported on its website today that its staff were being urged not to use the videos anymore. "Obviously, in the first news cycle, there's some breaking news value to that video," said Jeffrey W. Schneider, one of the network 's senior vice presidents. "Once that news cycle has passed, the repeated broadcasting of the material has little news value, and becomes pornographic...
...would be easier for members of other faculties to teach courses at the College. That’s not to say there is no opposition to calendar reform. Many faculty members like the current calendar. Some point out that it’s nice to have a large chunk of time in January to research or travel without having to teach. Others like that they can get their kids settled in school before they have to teach. And still others point out that the weather on Cape Cod during the first few weeks of September simply cannot be beat. While...
...lyrics, and the lyrics he chooses (at least in Spanish and English—I can’t speak to his selection of Hebrew lyrics) often show the kind of over-wrought balladeering that is endemic to folk music. To try to give you an idea, a sizeable chunk of his songs are in alternating quatrains; the hook to one song is, “Somebody make me laugh, / Somebody make me cry, / Somebody tell me something / That my heart can’t deny...
That may be fine if the borrower is in your will anyway and the wealth transfer doesn't run afoul of federal limits on tax-free gifts. But generally it is in the best interest of all involved to take a few simple steps before handing out a sizable chunk of change that you expect to be repaid...