Word: nicked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...oldest country club in the U.S. and also feared for its difficult par-4s, 9 and 18. “The 18th hole is really tough coming in. It’s a long par 4 and gave a lot of people problems coming in,” junior Nick Moseley confirmed. “The course has very subtle greens, and so the putting was very tough. It was tough to make a lot of putts, but it had a really good layout.” Temple University won the tournament, shooting a consistent 295-292 over...
Kent County Council, controlled by the opposition Conservatives, tops the list of local government bodies looking to retrieve investments in Iceland: $85 million of its total budget of $4.42 billion is stuck in Icelandic accounts. Nick Chard, the council's cabinet member for finance, says he and his colleagues chose its banks in line with government rules about spreading risk by placing deposits with a range of institutions. Those rules also stipulate that councils should try to obtain as high a return as possible and should always check the credit ratings of the institutions. "At the time of making...
...message of hope. But as similar as the two campaigns may be, “MURS for President” is fundamentally about the struggle of MURS (Making Underground Raw Shit) to maintain authenticity within the hip-hop discipline. Despite all his rhetoric, the artist formerly known as Nick Carter (not to be confused with former Backstreet Boy and brother of Aaron) mostly strives to maintain the credibility accumulated throughout a decade-long career as an independent rapper and filmmaker. As a result, his biggest fear doesn’t seem to be the destruction of the genre...
...enough for anyone to hear him? Actor Michael Cera has been that kid, first in “Arrested Development,” next in “Superbad,” and then in “Juno.” In his latest movie, “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” Cera gives hope to the socially inept as he reprises his well-established role as the charmingly goofy, pubescent boy who somehow manages to win a girl’s affection. Where that character ends and his own personality begins...
...What really matters is what you like, not what you are like,” John Cusack says in “High Fidelity.” This advice could be the mantra of the new movie “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” in which the two eponymous star-crossed lovers are united by their worship of indie music—in particular the fictional group Where’s Fluffy. But for all its pretensions to understanding indie music fans, the movie comes across as contrived and unemotional. Nick, played...