Word: lapse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
I propose we rehabilitate the name. Fifty years from now, Edsel--derived from the Old German Adal, meaning "noble"--should bring to mind not the failed car but the decent man whose legacy fell under the huge chrome wheels of consumer culture on its first reckless laps.
Sealed off when the synchroton is operating, behind the white walls are what look like the entrails of some enormous mechanical serpent - a tangled chain of equipment, most prominently brightly colored magnets, some weighing 5 tons. Through the middle of this runs a vacuum tube 216 m long within which...
Which is why buyers of gifts for all kinds of occasions, from birthdays to anniversaries, are on the hunt for unique presents that just might fulfill lifelong dreams. Walter Friker, 63, recently drove a stock car 20 laps at Kansas Motor Speedway--something he had never done, though he had...
The burden rests on us, as students, to take advantage of these chances, rather than complain when do not land in our laps as we sit and wait.
How do you contend with the psychological challenge of counting laps or lengths? What does God mean to you? -Paul Casey, Dublin, Ireland When I race, I don't think about it, it just happens. When I workout, I just think of it as something you do and something I...