Word: fuzzed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...process of balding" in monkeys that normally lose their hair. So far, results in humans have been less clear-cut. "There is no question that minoxidil can stimulate growth in some patients," says San Francisco Dermatologist Vera Price, but the yield is often nothing more than a fine peach fuzz. It may be that minoxidil will be most effective as a preventive measure, applied at the earliest signs of balding. Researchers are also investigating a dozen other chemicals, including hormones, all of which require further testing. One thing is certain: there will be no shortage of volunteers...
...informant, a wino and ex-convict, passed the word (and was paid 50? for it): "It's getting ready to blow." Two hours later, 10th Precinct Sergeant Arthur Howison led a raid on the League, arresting 73 Negro customers and the bartender. A crowd gathered, taunting the fuzz. "Just as we were pulling away," Howison said, "a bottle smashed a squad-car window...
Until now, the British had lived happily with only fuzz on the air in the early morning. But when the ubiquitous David Frost, leading a group of investors and television veterans, was granted a morning franchise by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in December 1980, the BBC would be damned if it was going to be left in the dark, and it planned a rival show...
...much of September negotiating secretly with West European officials for a face-saving way out of the impasse, reaching a basic agreement last month, at a meeting near Montreal of NATO foreign ministers, to restrict high-technology exports to the Soviet Union. (The French were difficult: they tried to fuzz the restrictions and insisted that the details be secret...
...page rule book that specifies everything from the width of the lines on the court to the length of the fuzz of the ball places no restriction on the size f dimensions of the racquet. The United States Tennis Association rule number four states only that the racquet is the implement used to strike the ball...