Word: float
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...from 10 lbs. to 125 lbs. and cost anywhere from $350 for a basic set to more than $4,000. There are gas-powered planes (more powerful but noisier) and newer electric ones. There's sport flying (for the fun of it) and competition, as well as combat flying, float flying (above water) and pattern aerobatics...
...singer Poe exorcises the demons of her childhood. The Princeton graduate recounts her youth as one fraught with fear and emotional distance, yet her songs have an upbeat tempo that guarantees your toes will be tapping on the first hearing. Sentimental ballads like "5" and "1?2-Minute Hallway" float along next to spunky declarations of independence such as "I'm Not a Virgin Anymore." Yet in spite of the subject matter, Poe never becomes maudlin or bitter. Instead, her verse feels infused with the strength she's gained since having herself declared legally independent...
...egregiously trading on his Italian heritage. Egregious wordplay apparently honors that heritage. Actor Vincent Pastore, known as informant character Big Pussy, says the cast was not planning to march in character. "We were [in the parade] before we were Sopranos. We're actors; we just get on the float." Sadly, since Yom Kippur is a solemn occasion, the cast didn't celebrate that day with a parade either...
...business of "asset-backed" securities had begun getting creative long before the deal with Bowie. Britain's Punch taverns managed to float bonds collateralized by future beer sales. But no one had aced the intangible realm of intellectual property. Pullman foresees the securitization of everything from patents to screenplays...
...lost Bullwinkle float from the Macy's parade b) A record-large hole in the ozone c) A cloud in the shape of Pinochet d) Genetically gifted chickens...