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While some hard-to-find toys emerge every holiday season, toymakers are heading into this one without a monster hit. Indeed, there has not been a Furby-style frenzy in years. Of 10 toy segments--yes folks, there are that many to the people who take toys seriously--only two, arts and crafts, and dolls, have generated sales growth over a recent 12-month period, according to investment firm Harris Nesbitt. Some of the weakest categories like construction sets (down 10%) and action figures (down 9%) are the ones aimed at boys, who suffer the most blisters from video games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zapped! How the toy industry is being outplayed by video games this holiday season | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...play, Caligula appears sympathetic, for he is a poor and truly lonely individual. Only the enthusiastic cast and strong aesthetics could inspire sensitivity toward such a monster...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, ON THEATER | Title: Review: ‘Caligula’ Battles Bleak Identity | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

...SLUMP By Akira Toriyama Adored and massively popular manga from Akira Toriyama, the creator of DRAGON BALL, Dr. Slump is a madcap, episodic series about a blustering inventor who creates the "perfect" android girl, only to discover that he may have created a monster instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telescoping | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...HUNTER X HUNTER By Yoshihiro Togashi Launching VIZ's new SHONEN JUMP ADVANCED imprint that will offer manga titles to older teens and young adults, HUNTER X HUNTER tells the fantastic adventure story of a young boy who trains to become a master monster hunter. (April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telescoping | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

Ghost of Post-Thesis Future. The Ghost of Post-Thesis Future walks with CumMinus, his three-headed magna-eating monster, and takes me to mid-January. “William, your thesis has been graded. Open your e-mail and read the letter from your committee.” I obey instructions. “Dear Mr. Adams. After reviewing your Senior Feces, we have denied you honors. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors, assuming they are not in any way related to academia. You cannot write. You cannot think. Your time at Harvard...

Author: By William L. Adams, HIGH SOCIETY | Title: Bah, Humbug! | 12/8/2004 | See Source »

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