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...friend's nine-year-old son recently returned, elated, after a weekend with a classmate and his family. "Guess what, Mom?" he crowed. He and his buddy had eaten loads of junk, dodged two bedtimes and, best of all, played with BB guns and pocketknives. His mother, an admitted health and safety nut, was shocked. "These are such nice people," she said. "I can't believe they let my kid run wild without giving me the chance to say no--and believe me, I would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Other Kids' Rules | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...investment banker, but we are certainly expending more mental energy than we do on a normal basis. University Health Services attempts to assuage student discontent with seminars on stress management and healthy caffeine consumption. The dining halls take the opposite tack and try to pacify us with high-sugar junk food. Like the macaroni and cheese I tried to serve my cousin, neither proves effective...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: Necessary Nakedness | 1/19/2000 | See Source »

...office, which we share with Arts. Great closet in which to spot cuties Benjamin E. Lytal and Mei Pin Phua. Unfortunately, without computers, the space has become a general junk repository. FM actually happens in the design office (see arrow) and here, in the newsroom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Annotated Crimson Newsroom | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...JUNK OR TREASURE? Before you put Grandma's silver service up for bid on eBay, shouldn't you get an idea of its worth? That's the notion behind eppraisals.com which will evaluate your antiques, furniture and collectibles. Send in a digital image and a detailed description of the object, and within two days you get an expert appraisal. The fee for the service, available in early January, is $20. "We can give you a good idea for most objects," says Leslie Hindman, founder of eppraisals and a 20-year veteran of auction houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Dec. 13, 1999 | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...Saturday night, the World Wresting Alliance - they're the cheesy, third-string ones - came to the Fort Jackson Community Center for a Bob-Hope style troop show. Those who came got a bellyful of junk food and a lineup bristling with both has-beens (Honky Tonk Man, Doink the Clown, the latest incarnation of The Patriot, if you follow that sort of thing) and never-will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrestling — a Little — With My Conscience | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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