Word: meanings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...finance has reshaped the British capital, take a trip to Greenwich--about 3 1/2 miles (6 km) downstream from Tower Bridge--home to the Royal Observatory, which dates back to 1675. It's the birthplace of Greenwich Mean Time, but for years the area was as well known for its mean streets: 19 Greenwich neighborhoods rank among the most deprived in England...
...sure, before I die, we will have in vitro meat. That will mean you take a couple of cells from animals and you grow meat in a lab. You can make a clean meat, no suffering, no disease. We have offered a $1 million reward to the first scientist able to come up with in vitro meat...
Born Richard Sylvan Selzer in Brooklyn, N.Y., Blackwell started out as an actor but switched to fashion in 1958 when his career stalled. Fame came with the publication of his first list in 1960. Although he often admitted he was uncomfortable about appearing so publicly mean, Blackwell also said he was compelled to poke fun at celebrity style because fashion designers were not doing their job: they failed to make women look beautiful. While his original intention was to act as a sort of fashion watchdog, Blackwell and his list became a dreaded Hollywood institution that paved...
...Black Watch soldiers don't hate war; they hate the war they've been thrust into, in which their traditions mean nothing, the enemy can't be understood, and--the final insult and the cause of much controversy in Scotland--their unit is broken up. "It takes 300 years to build an army that's admired and respected around the world," an officer says. "But it only takes two years pissing about in the desert in the biggest Western foreign policy disaster ever to f___ it up completely." The result, after an hour and 50 minutes with these proud, profane...
...about issues that pertain to GLBT residents. “Cambridge is a city that rolls out the red carpet and doesn’t roll it back,” Simmons said. “We’re in great shape, but that doesn’t mean there are a lot of things to be done.” —Staff writer Shan Wang can be reached at wang38@fas.harvard.edu