Word: cowed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...thanks to research and ROTC participation Berea and Kenyon are among Top 10 Schools You've Never Heard Of The two top music-business schools: N.Y.U. and Belmont University Where U.S. News' winners rank Princeton lags at No. 44 because relatively few Tigers receive Pell Grants With its purple-cow mascot, Williams makes the Most Spirited Top 10 Another plus for Harvard: Boston is deemed one of the Top 10 music scenes Extra credit California state schools UCLA, Berkeley and San Diego all make the Top 10 Best euphemism: Top 10 Fun-Loving Schools (e.g., Holy Cross and Bucknell) Free...
...been happening on TV lately--or, more accurately, hasn't. Everybody Loves Raymond, which signed off in May, was the last sitcom in the top-10 most-watched TV shows. In the 1996-97 season, there were seven. That might not matter, except that sitcoms are TV's cash cow: they do better in reruns and sell for far more money in syndication...
...underneath the façade of generosity is a huge cash cow. Bottled water is one of the most profitable retail beverages, and Starbucks is clearly aiming to increase its sales of water with Ethos’ marketing campaign, which includes brochures and signs in its stores. Considering that Starbucks has 4,666 stores in the U.S. (as of April) and charges $1.80 per bottle—for an approximate $1 profit (Starbucks wouldn’t confirm this amount)—the corporation is set to make far more in profit from Ethos than what it has promised...
...older you have to play piano and learn a new language because it's good for your brain. That's new. I didn't use to worry about my brain. I put myself on the South Beach diet; I ate a lot of almonds and Laughing Cow cheese. Now I'm going to learn Italian and to play piano. In fact, a friend had to stop me from buying a piano over the phone...
...admits to a convent-school upbringing, a stint in London squats and three years singing in a Belgian dance company before starting art school back in the British capital. As the result of a performance-art piece in the early 1990s - she was singing while milking a cow at a party - she caught the attention of the electronic duo Orbital. She lent her voice to their recordings, then ended up collaborating with trip-hop pioneer Tricky, recording and touring with him. After she met film-score composer Gregory, they released their 2000 debut Felt Mountain, an enchanting, cinematic progression from...