Word: honing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...allowed to conduct operations on the Pakistani side of the border and that the current trust deficit between the two countries would lead only to more problems. Pakistani tolerance is diminishing for civilian casualties inflicted by a foreign army pursuing its own agenda. Clearly, the U.S. needs to hone its intelligence-gathering capabilities to do a better job of avoiding civilian casualties, while the Pakistani leadership - if it is to avoid becoming the target of a backlash - needs to question whether its best interests are served by being seen to impotently condemn every U.S. air strike aimed at a militant...
...dark, isolated lot in life. But you will find the spots where Hlynur and his friends live out their days of beer, cigarettes and one-night stands. Chief among them is Kaffibarinn, the pub at the fulcrum of the movie's social world, which still challenges its guests to hone the skill of keeping a full pint from spilling in a swaying crowd. By day, twentysomethings sporting hoodies and complicated haircuts tap away on laptops next to pots of muddy coffee. At night, they reconvene - with beer and a DJ - to fortify themselves against...
...Since TIME first wrote last week of this "pact," as Sullivan called it, a media firestorm has hit this seaside town on Massachusetts' north shore. News outlets from as far away as Australia and Brazil have been quick to hone in on the more salacious details surrounding these young mothers-to-be. But at a press conference today, Gloucester mayor Carolyn Kirk emerged from a closed-door meeting with city, school and health officials to say that there had been no independent confirmation of any teen-pregnancy pact. She also said that the principal, who was not present...
...School in Shandong province, 230 boarding students crowd a gymnasium set up with 80 Ping-Pong tables. In the morning, children train for about four hours. A few hours of academic classes are held in the afternoon, more than at many other sports schools. Three times a week, students hone their table-tennis skills also in the evening. Many kids see their parents for only a couple of weeks each year. "China's so good at Ping-Pong because we train harder than anyone else," says Xu Mengjie, a pigtailed 10-year-old standing under a giant banner that exhorts...
...looking forward to making another movie. But not yet. "Everything's been a whirlwind since my first play, and I haven't had time to step back and analyze that," he says. "I just need some quiet time to write, hang out and grow up." And to hone that twisted sense of humor. "I'd actually like to try a romantic comedy," he says with a grin. "A different kind. One with dead kids in it." Odds are, he's only half joking...