Word: meta
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...most effective insect repellents contain a powerful chemical called DEET (or N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), developed for the U.S. military in the 1940s. DEET-based repellents last longer against mosquitoes and other biting bugs, including those that transmit Lyme disease, than the so-called natural bug sprays, which usually contain various plant oils. Since the chemical is absorbed readily into the skin, it's always best to apply any DEET products sparingly. Common side effects include rash, swelling, itching and eye irritation--usually a result of rubbing the eyes with hands that have been sprayed...
This soap, set within a video-game empire, aims to remake the genre for young 'uns by borrowing from the telenovela (telling one story, a murder whodunit, over 65 episodes) and Kevin Williamson's Scream (loading up on winking meta-references). The story moves a touch faster than most network soaps, and there are a few laughs--some of them intentional--but MTV could have gone further. NBC's soapernatural Passions is more innovative than Spyder Games' familiar sex-and-business setup; and the cheap production values are strictly daytime...
...that brings us to today’s malady and my current drive for intellectual cleanliness. From the various reviews and meta-studies that I was able to access on PubMed, it seems that most Echinacea studies suffer great methodological deficiencies, and when only scientifically sound studies are considered (i.e. studies that control for the placebo effect), Echinacea produces a modest if not nonexistent effect...
...Despite its setbacks, We Love the City is a generally good album that is a lot deeper than a lot of low-fi indie offerings out there. But with such a deep field of English music out there, providing the only solace from a constant infusion of Christian death meta American ‘butt-rock,’ stepping out of the pub and choosing Hefner over The Doves, Grandaddy, Idlewild, Teenage Fanclub or the Bluetones seems unlikely...
Jordanna P. Schutz '02, a physics and math concentrator in Dunster House, was an editorial cartoonist her freshman year, for which she apologizes sincerely. Her subject matter will include a smattering of insular Harvard humor and a handful of commentary on current events, and will avoid at all costs "meta" jokes about the cartoonist not having time to think of a good joke because she is too stressed with her manic Harvard life and too busy searching the Cue Guide for that Holy Grail of a decent Core. Her cartoon appears on Fridays...