Word: mimics
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...does offer travelers advice on navigating the new security system. Its suggestions include not locking your bag, since the TSA will break the lock if it has to; not packing any food or beverages (chocolate in particular can mimic the characteristics of explosives in the EDS machines); putting shoes on top so that they can be removed and searched easily; spreading books out and not stacking them on top of one another (stacked books are too dense for the EDS to "see" through and might trigger an alert); and putting all sharp items in a checked bag, not a carry...
...Attachment One out of every 212 e-mails sent in the U.K. during 2002 was infected with a virus, according to Web security firm MessageLabs. That's up from one in every 380 in 2001 and one in 790 in 2000. The worst culprits: "spoof" viruses like Klez that mimic e-mails from a friend or colleague...
...women interviewed for this article, didn't want her real name or that of her friend used) watched with alarm as Nancy allowed her daughter to eat fistfuls of sugary snacks and scramble on playground equipment beyond her abilities. To make matters worse, Carla's daughter was beginning to mimic those behaviors. "I didn't know whether to offer my advice or keep my mouth shut," says Carla. She tried to be host of most of the playdates so that she could enforce her rules. But eventually, she says, "I became so uncomfortable with Nancy as a parent that...
...deformities. The industrial chemicals known as PCBs, which have polluted land and water all over the world, tend to become concentrated in animals' fatty tissues. Seals, which are the bears' main source of food, are essentially blobs of blubber with flippers attached. And because PCBs are thought to mimic estrogen, some experts fear that even low-level exposure could wreak havoc with a bear's reproductive system...
...Golden Rule of Parenting is, Always behave in the way you want your child to behave. It's pretty simple when you think about it. Once it hits parents between the eyes that their child is going to mimic what they do, it makes such a difference. We've all heard stories of how all of a sudden a 2-year-old is saying some horrible word. So, definitely clean up your...