Word: mattering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...outraged that the games will be played off shore. "Imagine an 'Indian' Premier League in South Africa," says self-confessed cricket diehard Nikhil Lodaya, a Mumbai-based public relations executive, "It's just too desperate!" Lodaya says he planned to watch the matches on television, so it doesn't matter if the matches are played in Mumbai or London. "But for a sport I love, it's painful to see what has happened." (Read a TIME story on the worst sporting attacks...
...range from "It's the death of democracy!" to "Newspapers? What newspapers?" But with the demise of two major metropolitan dailies, the 149-year-old Rocky Mountain News and the almost equally venerable 145-year-old Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the last month alone, the issue is becoming a matter of practical rather than just theoretical concern. (See the 10 Most Endangered Newspapers in America...
...allegations emerged more than 15 years ago, the world has been a forced audience to one of the most bizarre stories of modern pop culture. Do people forget, or do they just not care? Perhaps on one hand, his fans are simple irrational fanatics who will show up no matter what. On the other hand though, it always seems that, with Michael Jackson, he is able to let just enough time pass before emerging once again. He does so when even the most fanatical supporters cannot keep him afloat, allowing public amnesia to expurgate the immediacy of his sins.After time...
Intermission: Some things never change, no matter where you are. It's time for little kids playing basketball! Probably the most entertaining halftime gimmick ever...
...House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she'd like to see the matter resolved by the end of next week, though Senate Republicans already blocked a vote on Baucus's bill this week. "Other senators need time to consider the bill," Jon Kyl, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, said on the Senate floor. "The public ought to have a right to review this legislation to make sure it doesn't have any additional loopholes or unintended consequences...