Word: far
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...part of my moonlighting experiment, I pushed through an article with a few factual errors. A copy editor bounced it back with a terse note to check my sourcing. When I strayed too far from an assignment's parameters, I was asked for a rewrite. All told, 40% of the 20 or so articles I submitted required some additional work before they got posted. My deliberate haste and sloppiness with Demand stories have led copy editors to give me, on a five-point scale, a pretty crummy 3.5 for grammar and 3.7 for research. If my scores...
...funny thing has been happening with big TV events of late: they have been dramatically and conspicuously not dying. The 2010 Super Bowl was the most watched U.S. TV show ever, surpassing the finale of M*A*S*H. This year's Olympics far outrated the 2006 Games. The Emmys, Grammys and Golden Globes all increased, and on March 7, about 41 million people watched the Oscars, 5 million more than last year. (See the top 10 memorable moments of the 2010 Academy Awards...
...neck, and purple cardigan? Or blue miniskirt, black tank top, and silver bangles? It’s Friday night and you’re heading out for a night of fun with the girls. It’s almost time to meet them—but your outfit is far from perfect...
...fighting back against a supposedly hostile press is old hat for the GOP. A far greater challenge will come from a new quarter. Large segments of the American business community are going to present a formidable ally for Obamacare, either with outspoken support or noticeable silence. From businesses that have been crushed by rising health care costs to pharmaceutical companies cleverly co-opted by the White House early on in the process; from the doctors' organizations (including the American Medical Association) that endorsed the final product to, yes, even the vilified insurance companies - none of these entities are going...
...Springtime sandstorms are common in China, as Siberian winds blow dust and sand off the Gobi desert across east Asia - sometimes as far as North America. But the size of the storm that began Saturday has surpassed what China's capital has seen recently. The storms began in desert areas of the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia and the adjacent central Asian nation of Mongolia, which is suffering from the combination of a dry summer followed by a brutally cold winter. The UN has set aside $3.7 million in aid to help Mongolia recover from the extreme conditions, which have...