Search Details

Word: grabbings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...minute ferry ride away from Singapore, the world's busiest port, and "HQ" is the rendezvous for scores of Indonesian sailors looking for work. Legitimate jobs are hard to come by, however, and that's why, says a thin, short man who calls himself Nurdin, "we'll grab whatever offer comes first, legal or illegal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dire Straits | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...body. It wasn't normal. I instantly knew he was dead." The gunner, protected by a turret, was hit below the waist but still alive. The Marine in the seat behind Halverson was dazed, his legs on fire. But he managed to smother the flames and grab the steering wheel, bringing the battered vehicle to rest. "He was shaking and crying, just in shock," Harding says. "Bullets were flying everywhere." Harding quickly thrust the dead Marine into a body bag. "I didn't want the other Marines to see him because it would really freak everybody out," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wounds That Don't Bleed | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...HALF-LIFE 2 Grab a gravity gun, and explore the year's most minutely detailed thriller

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Video Games: Cool Games | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...pays homage. But what really draws players back to this latest installment (for PlayStation2; $49.99) in the controversial Grand Theft Auto series is just how open-ended it is. Sure, you can take your homies on that drive-by shooting raid on a rival gang, or you can grab a car at random and simply explore the state of San Andreas. The designers at Rockstar have packed the cities of Los Santos and San Fiero (a.k.a. Los Angeles and San Francisco) with hundreds of Easter egg--like surprises for many happy days of hunting. You can get your head shaved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Video Games: Cool Games | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...Pioneer High organized a faculty reading club to discuss books about race in hopes of making their colleagues more comfortable with the subject. "When we started, people avoided me in the hallways," says Amy Deller, a white science teacher who recruited members and leads the group. "But now colleagues grab me to have conversations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Closing The Gap | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | Next