Word: flashed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...glared icily at each other across the narrow but heavily armed strait that separates them. Beijing considers Taiwan to be no more than a wayward province destined to be reunified under communist rule. The disagreement has on occasion inched close to war and remains one of Asia's potential flash points. Neither side formally recognizes the existence of the other, so nearly 60 years after their separation, Taiwan residents still cannot send a letter or take a regularly scheduled flight directly to China...
...helium heads” resonates powerfully over a doughy beat layered beneath the sampled bells of Bob James’s “Take me to the Mardi Gras.” Del seems more than happy to let the flash-in-the-pan artists “stroll down the golden road [even though] you know they’ll hate it when they find out the bricks is golden plated...
...number of ads you would normally see. For example, when I went to Fox.com to watch a recent episode of The Simpsons, I had to suffer through a minute of commercials before I got to see the show. On Hulu, while I had to update my copy of Macromedia Flash, there were less than 20 seconds of ads in the first 8 minutes. And unlike digital video recorders such as TiVo, which cost hundreds of dollars and require time to set up and schedule recordings, Hulu has no setup and no cost...
...Ashanti’s gasping sounds more like seduction than desperation. After the intro, the camera cuts to a mix of shots featuring Ashanti in different rooms and outfits; home videos of her with her man, photos of said man being unfaithful, and a murder scene all flash before the viewer’s eyes. This theme is another deviation from the typical Ashanti video, in which relationships always work out and the man doesn’t want to be with any other chick but Ashanti. Also, in this video, there’s no elephant. The basic plot...
...Most crucially, Harvard seniors have every right to demand a Harvard-calibre speaker. Harry Potter—and J. K. Rowling—is just a flash in the pan. Writing bedtime stories is lame; just ask Tolkien and C. S. Lewis...