Word: cools
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...early street-level observation: kids determine what's hip, not the companies hawking stuff to them. "By observing what people were buying or looking for, I could react faster to current trends and demand and anticipate what would work next," says Koné. Airness has the irresistible cool derived from celebrities the French love most: football stars. How did Koné swing that when all the pros worth recruiting were already under contracts with Nike, Adidas and Puma? "I came up with the concept of the 'extra-sports' contract - getting players to wear Airness in their private life once their...
...Kilo unit was on patrol in a residential part of Haditha on Nov. 19 when its convoy of four humvees was attacked by an IED. The explosion killed Miguel Terrazas, 20, a beloved member of the unit, who was driving the fourth humvee. Terrazas had a record of being cool under fire. His brother Martin reports that Terrazas once earned a letter of commendation for singling out--and killing--a bombmaking insurgent in a roomful of sleeping children. Another time, from a distance of about 200 yards, he killed an insurgent armed with an AK-47 who was standing next...
...popular introduction at the ICFF, for example, came from renowned product designer Yves Behar, who was hired by a small, San Francisco-- based company called Fleurville to create a cool high chair. The result is the Calla chair, a pistil-shape foam-and-aluminum piece that will retail for a cool $925 and, like the Bugaboo, will come in customized colors. Similarly, Philippe Starck has applied his eye to strollers, portable high chairs and diaper bags for McLaren, the popular British stroller brand. Designers like David Netto have found their niche giving such nursery staples as cribs and changing tables...
...wasn’t especially popular with the girls.”Royce says that he hatched the perfect plan while staring at the Indoor Athletic Building—now the Malkin Athletic Center—across from Lowell House.“I thought it would be really cool, and possibly even productive from a sexual standpoint...to have a pool party late at night,” Royce recalls.Royce snuck in his girlfriend, along with two other couples, under the veil of the night, without being caught.Other graduates say that students tended to obey the rules...
...hard not to like Conrad, if only because compared with her idle, spoiled friends, she's practically Horatio Alger. ("I have a full-time job!" says one guy pal. "I go out every night!") Deadpan and gorgeously shot, The Hills is an addictively watchable visit to the cool kids' table...