Word: hummed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...urban poor to better their lives. In Bombay, high school girls learn about sanitation, nutrition and immunization so that they can pass on this information to illiterate neighbors. In Bangkok a program called Magic Eyes has reduced street trash by 85% through the gentle method of encouraging children to hum a jingle about sloppiness when they see their parents litter. In Mexico City cash-starved peasants band together to form cooperatives that guarantee credit for people who might otherwise never be able to afford a home...
...side, the Crimson turned in another one of its ho-hum, typically dominating performances which are quickly turning ridiculous. Would someone find a decent opponent for this team...
...Putting aside preconceptions of chanting as a cult practice that requires me to wear orange robes (ours were gray) or to perform nocturnal sacrificial rites, ours was the most incredible group experience of my life. The resonance of the vocal chords of 50 focused persons could have been the hum of a machine. The bones of my nose began to reverberate in concert with the rhythm of the chanting. Harmonic resonance in action...
...Wilson, everyone's favorite campus Republican, wore a T-shirt with Reagan's face on it to the last day of our "American Presidency" section during our first year. Should I run out and purchase a Clinton T-shirt? (Or one of The Crimson's commemorative victory T-shirts?) Hum "Hail to the Chief" as I walk into tutorial next week? Affect a Southern accent...
...mosquito equivalent of a flirty hair flip. The males frantically elbow each other to get at her, and within seconds one of them scores. The pair, copulating in midair, float down in crazy circles, coming briefly to rest in a tangle of legs and antennae. Who cares if that hum might later cost them their lives? It was worth...