Word: methods
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Vote or Die Family, choosing to borrow their name from Sean Combs was an appropriate choice—as a voting party featuring vodka and music seems a method “P. Diddy” would likely endorse. But Harvard’s Vote or Die division has a more specific goal than voter turnout; in the recent Undergraduate Council election they endorsed nine candidates who they felt would better serve the needs of a diverse student body. By encouraging students to vote and become more engaged in the process of selecting student government leaders, the Vote...
Scalia —who usually prefers the Socratic method to the rhythm method—stopped short of proposing a ménage-a-trois with Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the newly single Nancy Reagan, but we have to wonder: Does Scalia use any of those ‘judicial restraints’ he’s always yapping about...
...that has made Sarkozy among France's most popular politicians - and the odds-on favorite to succeed President Jacques Chirac in 2007. He lasers in on an issue that resonates with the public, devises a quick fix, and then basks in the media's attention. Sarkozy has used this method to great effect since joining Chirac's Cabinet as Interior Minister in May 2002 and then moving on to the finance post in April - and he has some real achievements to show for it. In 2002, insecurité - fear of rising crime and a sense that illegal immigration...
...Directing one of the world's most famous and adventurous actresses might be intimidating for someone who, as he notes, "didn't go to film school. I don't have any technical training. The way I make films is the only way I know." But he knows his mad method works, in large measure because of two men who have been his closest collaborators on most of his films. William Chang, the editor, production designer and costume designer, is both the architect and the first critic of Wong's vision. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle matches the director's artistry and energy...
...does Islam also excuse al-Zarqawi-style atrocity? Well, one verse in the Koran condones beheading, but in the heat of battle. Some accounts of the Prophet Muhammad's life, called hadiths, record the execution--by what method is debated--of a tribe that had lived among Muslims and then betrayed them. Al-Zarqawi's specific bid to sacralize Berg's slaughter rests on an allusion to Muhammad's great victory on the battlefield of Badr. According to some hadiths, Muhammad was left wondering what to do with the resulting prisoners. This, the texts claimed, was the context...