Word: fasts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Actors and directors will tell you there's little point in comparing good work in wildly different roles and genres. But most of them profess to enjoy the five-week ride between nominations and Oscar night. Amy Adams, a Supporting Actress contender, says the whirl has been "fast and furious but fun. The three...
...TRUE. HE SKATED FAST SHANI DAVIS became the first African-American male to earn Winter Olympic gold by winning the 1,000-m speedskating race. But he didn't win friends. Davis had skipped the team-pursuit event to train for the 1,000, an individual race. When asked about Davis' win, American Chad Hedrick, who raced in the pursuit, said, "Shani skated fast today. That's about all I have to say." Joked Davis: "At least he said I skated fast. That was nice." Want drama? The two square off this week...
...bussing the requisite Playboy Playmate, a type that shows up at the Olympics just like those annoying mascots. Miller's coaches insist that he's not skiing badly, just having bad luck. "He's been engaged and active," says head coach Phil McNichol. "He's skiing as strong and fast through intervals in training as any other skier." Miller has just two more chances to prove...
...thing to rebuff reporters to protect some policy or principle, a right Cheney has asserted many times before. But this time the only thing Cheney was protecting was himself. If Rule No. 1 of damage control is Get the news out fast, the second is Don't embarrass the boss. Breaking both rules at once is a poor idea. White House counselor Dan Bartlett, communications director Nicolle Wallace and McClellan all recommended to Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, and his deputy Karl Rove on Sunday, the day after the shooting, that the White House make an immediate statement...
...halfway home before I began obsessing about exactly what it was we should be watching for. My first move was to consult the Internet, where I was horrified to find research suggesting a correlation between fast-growing heads and autism. Three hours later my husband came home to find me surrounded by medical-journal articles and two steps shy of a nervous breakdown...