Search Details

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


Usage:

...call 24 hours a day to answer any questions, including what wine to drink with your char-broiled lobster. Built-in rotisseries and refrigerators are becoming more common, as are dual systems, barbecues that use both gas and charcoal, or even infrared heat. Grease-management devices, to prevent flare-ups and make cleaning easy, are standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thrill Of The Grill | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...doing something, meanwhile suffering not only from continuing symptoms but also from a long list of unpleasant side effects. Or we can take the braver path: Toss aside those medications, confront our perpetually weepy eyes and snotty noses and figure out what?s actually causing our immune systems to flare up. Call it a national journey into the heart of phlegm. Or a declaration of independence. Whatever works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sometimes, A Cold is Just a Cold | 5/30/2001 | See Source »

...aren't stupid," Fecky says with a flare of irritation when asked about the danger from mercury. But like Femmy, who lives a few houses down the road, he knows better than to rock the boat. "Of course I worry about the contamination. But what can I do? To complain would be useless. It would just make problems for me and my family with the other villagers who think they can find the gold under their houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grief From Glitter | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...Bush environmental regulations b) aurora's willingness to take off her G-string c) a solar flare d) peyote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Apr. 16, 2001 | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...example is British Petroleum. Shortly after Kyoto was signed, BP CEO Sir John Browne set his company's goal of cutting CO2 output 10% below its 1990 levels; four years later, he is halfway there. BP has achieved this in part by reducing the amount of greenhouse emissions that flare away in oil fields and refineries. The company is also looking into cutting carbon content in fuel and boosting the efficiency with which it burns. The oil giant and Ford Motor Co. are providing a $15 million grant to Princeton University, partly to study "sequestering" carbon--stripping the greenhouse element...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming: A Climate Of Despair | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

Previous | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | Next