Search Details

Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...queen! Can you tell us a bit about the experience? With very little scholarship money available for graduate school, I decided to try pageants on the advice of a college friend who had partially financed her medical school education with her winnings. I competed in and won two pageants, Miss Seattle 2007 and Miss Seattle 2008. I also made it to the top ten at Miss Washington 2007, but came down with mono during pageant week and was all too happy to be cut before the finals. (Have you ever tried singing on stage in front of 1000 people while...

Author: By Linda M. Lian | Title: Beauty and the Brain | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...commercials to pervertials. Eric Edwards, whose porn career spanned nearly four decades, had appeared in ads for Gillette razors and Close-Up toothpaste. But of all the shadow stars that emerged from the early porn sensation - Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems of Deep Throat, Georgina Spelvin of Devil in Miss Jones - Chambers was unusual in her Waspy good looks, her girl-next-door appeal and her use of her real name at a time when other actors resorted to jokey pseudonyms. If the Ivory Snow girl could go into porn unashamed, then maybe the genre wasn't so sooty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marilyn Chambers, the Ivory Snow Porn Star, Dead at 56 | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...front of their computers. A reminder, perhaps, that this particular rite of spring is designed primarily for the enjoyment of children, not grown-ups. As former Clinton adviser Bruce Reed, a seven-roll veteran, told the New York Times: "It was an experience that you wouldn't want to miss, but it was absolutely exhausting and everyone was thrilled when it was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House Easter Egg Roll | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...edged a closely-fought battle.“It’s just one of those really tough losses, where we needed maybe a couple of days just to get our guys back and together,” Fish said. “Princeton didn’t miss a beat.”Harvard’s winning prospects improved with an opening victory in the doubles. At No. 2, the partnership of Ermakov and Omodele-Lucien overcame Princeton’s Ryan Kim and Ilya Trubov (8-4).It was to prove a false omen. No. 3 partnership...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Title Chances Dashed in Weekend Split | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...bittersweet moment for us,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said in an e-mailed statement. “While we are disappointed to lose Will, he has a tremendous opportunity at VCU, and we are thrilled for him. We’ll certainly miss him greatly and the terrific job he did for Harvard Basketball.”With the recruiting season culminating in the next few weeks, the move is likely to send ripples through the program. In interviews with the Boston Globe and Scout.com respectively, high school seniors Kyle Casey, who verbally committed to Harvard...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coach Departs Harvard Program | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | Next