Search Details

Word: ear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Gogh's The Sower, whose thick brushstrokes and bright greens, yellows and blues announced a new style for the artist at an especially troubled period of his life: only two months after finishing it in 1888, Van Gogh argued with Gauguin and famously cut off part of his ear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Eye for Quality | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...those melodies that worms its way into a listener's brain and, as I can testify, can't be extracted for weeks. The Corbucci film also inspired later generations of video hounds, including Quentin Tarantino, who appropriated the Django scene of banditos cutting off a preacher's ear for his film Reservoir Dogs. (The original went further: the poor man had to eat his ear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wild West's Long and Winding Road | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

Still, having the world's ear isn't all bad news. Earlier this month, Lynge saw the United Nations adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, an effort over 20 years in the making for him. And Jakobsen says the process of negotiating with Denmark has made Greenland savvier about their place in the international community. "[People] know more than they knew before. ... They are more ready for a change," he says. "They are waiting for someone to pop up and say, 'Yes, this is the way we should go. Follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenland to World: "Keep Out!" | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...really loving it with the kind of love that would make 1,000 people cheer at the sound of “2011.”Decked out in Crimson Key red on freshman move-in day, I get to be part of that enthusiasm. Most freshmen grin from ear to ear when I say “Welcome to Harvard,” and why shouldn’t they? Their very presence on campus comes at the end of years of hard work and anticipation, and signals the beginning of years more of promise and excitement. They?...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's 'Love Story' | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...just been able to not let that person and that part of me be in charge--that guy is in the car, but we just don't let him drive. That's something Springsteen told me once, and it really works. He'll be talking in your ear in the backseat, but just don't let him get behind the wheel. And you can be proud of it. I've talked to the people that raised me, and I've thanked them for giving me a lifetime's worth of material. I was talking to Bono in Australia last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nature Boys | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | Next