Word: met
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Though the subculture is met with derision in wider society, hipsters have been able to eke out enclaves across the country, chief among them the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Williamsburg. But now even that is threatened. The hip have been hit with a double whammy of economic reality (more are struggling to pay rent as parental support dries up) and population changes (the carefully gentrified neighborhood is gradually being infiltrated by squatters inhabiting Williamsburg's stalled building projects). Hipsterdom's largest natural habitat, it seems, is under threat. (See pictures of Steve Jobs...
...already have a 60-seat, theoretically filibuster-proof majority, McConnell decided that saving Bunning's political hide once - his last-minute help in Bunning's 2004 squeaker made the difference - was enough. He quietly signaled to Republican moneymen that they ought to wait Bunning out. Party leaders in Washington met with a potential primary opponent. The tension reached a boiling point when Bunning called Senator John Cornyn of Texas, who will lead efforts to re-elect GOP Senators in 2010, a liar after Cornyn denied he was recruiting an alternative candidate to Bunning. Just for good measure, Bunning also threatened...
...find peace in the Middle East for a generation. The Obama Administration says negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis can only proceed if Israel agrees to stop settling occupied land. "The settlements have to be stopped in order for us to move forward," said Barack Obama when he met with Netanyahu in May. But for Israeli politicians on both the left and the right, even agreeing to freeze the settlements - much less dismantling them - is easier said than done. And the Katzes are one of the reasons why. (Read "Despite Jewish Concerns, Obama Keeps Up Pressure on Israel...
...Everyone I met at the park was amazingly nice, to the point that I genuinely believed everyone was a paid plant. At one point in the game, Austin Autry opens a pack of baseball cards, flips through them, then pulls one out of the deck…a Vladimir Guerrero card...
...Recently, Cambridge has become a city that many people around the country are associating with July 16th, 2009," Healy said, adding that Gates and the officer "met in an unfortunate set of circumstances that did not have a desirable outcome...