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...while raising the alert level, the WHO also recommended that countries do not close borders or impose travel bans. "Restricting travel would have very little effect on stopping the movement of this virus," said Fukuda. At this point, trying to close borders would be like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted - better to focus on community-level protections like better disease surveillance and hygiene. (Read "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Officials Say Flu Cannot Be Contained As Cases Rise | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...they were too drunk to notice that a girl was underage are probably lying, since drunkenness doesn't have much to do with one's ability to estimate age or attractiveness. But that raises a disturbing conclusion: you don't have to be drunk to think the girl next door looks better than your wife. It may be wired into your genes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Beer (Goggling) Affect Whom We Find Attractive? | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...McCargo, the only long-term solution combines firm action against the perpetrators of violence and "substantive autonomy" for the three southernmost provinces. The problem is that, for the rest of this intensely nationalistic country, autonomy is regarded as a back door for separatism, a word whose closest Thai equivalent translates emotively as "tearing apart the land." Such sensitivities make public discussion of bold solutions impossible, laments McCargo. As his book suggests, putting the land back together isn't impossible. Tragically, it isn't imminent either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of a Forgotten Conflict | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

That was the secretary next door. She’s retiring early and thought she could play a prank on me. Can someone please tell me how to delete this thing...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Twitter for Administrators? | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...You’ve been out doing it big with your idiot host and his roommates, and now you want to finish it the right way, with some sketchy Chinese food.  Stagger on over to the Hong Kong on Mass Ave, ignore the bouncers at the door (you’re not trying to drink more, for God’s sake, just get some freaking food.)  Then cram youself in and order up some beef with broccoli.  This place stays open right through...

Author: By FlyByBlog | Title: Listen Here, Drunk, Hungry Pre-Frosh. | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

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