Word: jumbos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...THAT TUNE If you're tired of all the digital-music mumbo-jumbo and wonder whatever became of radio, we're happy to report that it's alive and well--and ready to be plugged into your PC. A free program called SongCatcher www.songcatcher.com records your favorite broadcasts to your hard drive. Overnight the program separates the music and chatter into tracks you can load to an MP3 player or burn onto a CD. Next from the SongCatcher folks: a talk-radio version, so you can take Dr. Laura in tolerable doses...
...Singapore Airlines Flight 006 solely on the pilot who turned onto the wrong runway [AVIATION, Nov. 13]. Surely authorities at Taipei's airport should share some responsibility for what happened. A runway that was under repair was not adequately closed off, and no one seemed to notice that a jumbo jet was taking off from the wrong runway. More than one person should take responsibility for the tragedy. BINA MENON Selangor, Malaysia...
Then how does the so-called active ingredient of homeopathic brews work? Well, say the homeopaths (with straight faces), during the shaking process, which they call succussion, a "memory" of the original active ingredient is somehow retained by the surrounding solution. Sheer mumbo jumbo without a shred of evidence, say most scientists...
...crowd was not visibly affected, cheering loudly for the first glimpses of Bush shown on the jumbo screen, who was watching the incoming results with wife Laura Bush and his parents, Barbara and former President George H. W. Bush...
...crowd in Nashville transformed from morose to re-energized, the Austin gathering watching on the jumbo screen murmured in confusion and disbelief...