Word: metallic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Power cords can also be covered in tin foil and grounded to a metal object...
...time the men's hockey game had finished, the bus company had sent up a spare vehicle, so everyone was able to go home for the pure joy of studying for finals. For those scoring at home, Saturday marked the second straight bus mishap (the same piece of scrap metal, nonetheless) for the icemen--their bus broke down in Vermont after a game in Clarkson, and they had to wait two and a half hours until a spare vehicle was delivered...
...Missouri, the Reproductive Health Services clinic is purchasing an intercom so that the security guard posted outside can relay messages without having to open the front door. The Choices Women's Medical Center in New York City, which is already patrolled by armed guards, made plans to install a metal detector. Even Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, who has practiced under the tightest security since he was shot by Rachelle Shannon in 1993, felt a new level of anxiety. "The turning point in our profession occurred last week," he said, "when innocent bystanders, as it were, were slaughtered...
...adds , "like the best actors, she intuitively thinks into her characters." It's a method both more direct -- from her eyes to your heart, grand old movie-style -- and more subtle than the high-voltage, I- scream-in-your-face style favored by most young actors. They are heavy metal; Winona is unplugged...
...womanly that, after it was on show in a Vogue pictorial, she was accused of having had breast implants. The very notion propels her into a verbal dither. "I'm way too chicken to go under the knife," she says. "The thought of someone touching your breast with something metal is like the most -- it's so -- I mean -- it's horrifying to even think about...