Search Details

Word: comfortes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...loyalty to executive positions in campus organizations, which often run from spring to fall, Harvard students can provide many reasons for wanting to remain on campus for four consecutive years. But veterans of the International Experience program beg to differ. “It’s easy and comfortable to get stuck in the Harvard community,” says Nicholas S. Lenicheck ’02. “Going abroad was a chance to get out of that comfort zone, to get away and gain perspective on life. I felt free to do things because I wanted...

Author: By Audrey J. Boguchwal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Abroad View | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

...about the same time, Skechers, a Southern California-based footwear company that launched in 1992, started making great strides with teen and female consumers by keying in on trends and marketing itself as a "lifestyle" company. The flat, well-cushioned Skechers boasted comfort and the latest sneaker technology, but the company's advertising emphasized the shoes' stylish look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Sneakers? Not. | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...Alpha, and relief for St. Laurent now stalks the streets in the shape of Patrick Martin. In black combat gear and bullet proof vests, touting an array of dissuasive weaponry, Martin and his six colleagues of the Alpha Squad are a no-nonsense message to the cocaine dealers, a comfort to the locals and, in the end, probably whistling in the wind. "They aim for visibility," says Christian Séchaud, of the Lausanne police, and to scare dealers off the streets, albeit temporarily. Arrest, he says, is not an option because the cocaine dealers - the vast majority of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Kind For Its Own Good | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...Grammys?prompting Bono to declare immodestly, "[We're] reapplying for the job. What job? The best band in the world job"?the album slowly sank on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, bottoming out at 108 in August 2001. But in the months after 9/11, as people looked for comfort, escape or both, the album picked up momentum, rising as high as 25 after the Super Bowl, in its 67th week of release. The album is not prescient, just elastic. On Walk On, the album's best track, Bono sings, "I know it aches/ And your heart it breaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bono's Mission | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

...moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after. U2 is about the impossible. Politics is the art of the possible. They're very different, and I'm resigned to that now. Music's the thing that stopped me from falling asleep in the comfort of my freedom. I learned about South America from listening to the Clash. I learned about Situationism from the Sex Pistols. But that's a long way from budget caps and dealing with a Congress that is suspicious of aid because it has been so misused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bono's Mission | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

Previous | 375 | 376 | 377 | 378 | 379 | 380 | 381 | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | Next