Search Details

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


Usage:

...talk about that in a couple of different ways. First of all, the economy consists of buyers and sellers. You think about why we spend in the first place. We spend in order to produce satisfaction for buyers. We don't spend in order to help sellers. It's fine if we do help sellers, but we're trying to produce satisfaction. If the spending we engage in doesn't produce any satisfaction, then it's hardly a measure of well-being. I'm not against the spending. But whatever amount of spending we do, we should get as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Shouldn't Give Christmas Gifts | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. I was really homesick - I couldn't even call my family and tell them I was fine. So I started writing in the voice of Demetrie, the maid I had growing up. She later became the character of Aibileen [in The Help]. I sent the story to my mother and she was sort of like, "Hmm, that's good." As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kathryn Stockett, Author of The Help | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...This was one of those lucky days that I was in the Muppeteer greenroom by myself, and he threw it to me and he said, "Come up with a voice." And I said [in Elmo's voice], "Hi everybody, it's Elmo!" and he said, "O.K., fine." (See the top 10 Sesame Street moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Clash: The Man Behind Elmo | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...were to decide in the present generation that it was fine for us to take advantage of all of the work and sacrifices [done] by previous generations...that would be the single most immoral act of any generation of human beings to act on this planet,” Gore said. “But that is the decision that we face...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gore's Latest Book Focuses on Solutions | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...It’s not something I’m worried about right now because I feel like as long as I wash my hands and protect myself, I should be fine,” said Shwinn Ricci...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UHS To Provide H1N1 Vaccines | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Next