Word: nip
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...NIP AND TUCK Oscar hasn't changed much in 70 years, so here are some designers' ideas for possible face-lifts. Alessandro Mendini and Alessi offer a female Oscar, far left, that looks more like a transsexual corkscrew. Paula Scher designed a giant letter O, left, which also works nicely as a paperweight. Industrial Light + Magic whipped up Floating Oscar, far right, which suggests movie magic but could prove too ethereal for any teary actress wanting to clasp it to her bosom. Peter Arnell imagines Oscar as a constellation, above, and would carve out an actual constellation in the shape...
...honest: When it comes to carousing and suckling at the teat of demon rum, I always imagined myself to be, well, a bit of a lightweight. Did I enjoy a nip of Jack Daniels, a snifter of sherry or a tall glass of Spaten from time to time? Sure. But did I binge drink? Surely not. Surely that was reserved for the hardier types, the Spee-men and Sigma Chi brothers, the strapping rowers and the bosomy Grille girls...
...Rose has it his way, The Game will be nip-and-tuck until the final drive...
...that the state is considering, among other things, making it easier to stay on Medicaid by eliminating in-person interviews every six months. But when the public health committee of the Texas house began discussing simpler rules last January, Bush's point man on fiscal issues tried to nip it in the bud. Appropriations committee chairman Robert Junell had legislative budget analysts project the costs to the state and made sure each legislator saw the eye-popping numbers: $600 million over two years. Democratic representative Glen Maxey saw the unsolicited analysis as an end run to scare off undecided members...
...that the state is considering, among other things, making it easier to stay on Medicaid by eliminating in-person interviews every six months. But when the public health committee of the Texas house began discussing simpler rules last January, Bush's point man on fiscal issues tried to nip it in the bud. Appropriations committee chairman Robert Junell had legislative budget analysts project the costs to the state and made sure each legislator saw the eye-popping numbers: $600 million over two years. Democratic representative Glen Maxey saw the unsolicited analysis as an end run to scare off undecided members...