Word: clocking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...glided in under the political radar. Right up to about 10 o'clock on election night the local press treated him like a cartoon character. It wasn't reported until later, for example, that Ventura is his stage name, that his legal name is James Janos--a small detail, but Minnesotans had never elected a pseudonym before. He mused about the death penalty and legal prostitution, which are not winning issues here except among drunks, but nobody held it against him. He likened the war on drugs to Prohibition and called it a failure. People let that...
...until earlier this year when Moody, then 35, found her way to the unobtrusive three-story building known as Genesis House. Tucked close by Chicago's Wrigley Field, Genesis House is a place where hookers try to go straight. Seven days a week, around the clock, women turn up for a shower, a snack or a shoulder to cry on. They are never pressured to give up life on the street. Women like Moody are allowed to decide whether to embark on full-scale, residential rehabilitation. "We're here to plant the seed, not to be judgmental," says outreach worker...
...from lobbyists, journalists and contributors. Another reform: Gingrich placed six-year term limits on all committee chairmen. But in the days since Newt announced his resignation, his presumptive heir, Bob Livingston of Louisiana, has been peppered with furtive requests from fellow Republicans who want to turn back the reform clock. The total gift ban, they argue, is humiliating because it presumes lawmakers can be bought for a pittance. And some current committee chairmen, faced with losing power in just two years, are suddenly seeing the value in accruing the wisdom and effectiveness that only a long tenure can provide. They...
...Joey and the Salinger five are still frequent topics of conversation. How much has really changed since my years at Tilden Middle School? My wardrobe may have acquired some business suits but when I go home for holidays, I still have a very teenage curfew. (pssst: 1 o'clock tops...
Researchers think that age-related sleeping problems are caused, at least in part, by improper synchronizing of the human circadian pacemaker, or the "body clock." Currently, however, no one is sure how this happens, although it has been noted that bright light can help both aging people and astronauts "reset" their pacemakers...