Word: dirt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Junior quarterback Rich Linden--who was sackedfour times for 26 yards--hit the dirt on twoconsecutive downs for 15 yards in losses. Onfourth down, junior punter John Patton could nothandle a high snap. He recovered, but his hurriedpunt went for a four-yard loss...
...Starr's long journey down the dirt road takes the reader past things most would rather not see, to places they would rather not go. The most shocking aspect of the report was the sheer quantity and raw quality of sexual detail. Starr's grand jurors received this evidence drop by drop, day by day; last week it came in a torrent over the wires in an instant, flooding the circuits of conscience and calculation and taste. Starr takes readers through the entire history of Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky, from their first flirtations during the government shutdown...
Ironically, as the drive for profit through multimedia becomes more of a force in newsrooms, the press's failings start to mirror our whims as viewers and readers. Since we want entertainment and excitement, we tend towards channels and papers that do the best job of giving us the dirt. Sure, we're somewhat appalled by the fact that our newspapers have become R-rated. But part of us wants to know the low-down, so we keep reading, and we keep buying the papers that do the best job of dishing it out. In essence, we give synergy...
...good news is that the economic Chernobyl of Russia, which exports nothing but dirt-cheap oil and old CCCP hockey jerseys, should have absolutely no impact on the average American wallet. The bad news, of course, is that it's taking your retirement fund to the cleaners -- and it's coming back shrunk. Blame it on the traders, those skittish little folk who, after months of buying like mad (and making you rich) for absolutely no reason, are gazing up gapemouthed at CNBC's clips of W.C. Yeltsin and seeing...
...seemed to revel in his dirt as he perched on the wide ledge on the truck's rear. I seemed to be facing a real-live manly man, who was a real cutie in the bargain...