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Driving, tennis, knitting ... and eating chocolates. She keeps them in a drawer by her easy chair. "I am very bad about those Hershey Kisses," she confesses. "And I love those little Dove ice cream things. I take one before I go to bed." That's the only medication Dell will take without a fight. She's no fan of doctors. Some years back, she took a fall, and her doctor prescribed an MRI. "I just refused to go," she says. "They were having a party. It was my 90th birthday." And the party girl left his office. Fortunately, nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Live To Be 100 | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...submitted for publication. Many researchers also practice a form of self-censorship in an effort to please their sponsors or in mistakenly believing that journals tend to favor positive results. Others will cherry-pick a narrow slice of data for publication while consigning the rest to the file drawer. Whatever the reason, the result is a bias against negative or inconclusive data that distorts the medical literature and ultimately the practice of medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Trials on the Record | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

...healthy collectibles market, if Smarty Jones is the victor, your winning ticket may be worth more if you never cash it in. Here's why: a $2 bet on Smarty Jones probably won't pay off more than $1.50. But if you put the stub in your sock drawer, experts say it's probable you'll be able to sell it as a collector's item for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in 10 or so years. Think that sounds crazy? Last week's winning eBay bid for an uncashed $2 Smarty Jones ticket from the Kentucky Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How to Bet Smarty | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...There is so much animus against Toomey,” he says. “He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Local Writer, Literature Leads to Politics | 4/28/2004 | See Source »

...Jenna’s wish comes true. Jenna Rink, now played by the fabulously lithe, Alias star Jennifer Garner, wakes up in possession of a Fifth Avenue apartment, a hunky hockey playing bed buddy who calls her “sweet bottom,” and a drawer full of B-cup bras that she can fill out without the help of a wad of quilted Charmin two-ply. This Jenna shops at Henri Bendel, drinks non-virgin Pina Coladas, organizes her files with Lisa Frank unicorn emblazoned folders, and knows the dance routine to Michael Jackson?...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: 13 Going on 30 | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

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