Word: obsessional
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
For now, we're betting that it won't--and investors from around the world are letting us get away with it by continuing to buy U.S.-government debt. We will, however, eventually have to shape up. Consumers must pay down their credit cards, and the country must pay down...
I have become something of an encyclopedia of sandwich knowledge. I can tell the difference between a standard French Dip and a double-dipped. I can order a Philly Cheesesteak the right way: “wit” or “wit-out” (onions). I know...
Polls suggest that Chávez has a narrow lead. Places such as La Silsa are likely to decide the outcome - though in a previous plebiscite, in 2007, his supporters failed to turn out in big enough numbers and voters rejected scrapping term limits, among other proposals. But even if...
Before education became the focus of his career, Duncan’s life centered around basketball. Though Duncan grew up in Hyde Park, he spent much of his childhood on the South Side where he had the chance to play competitive street ball. “Education came later, basketball...
During his law-school days, Fuller sold everything from rat poison to cookbooks with classmate Morris Dees, who later co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center. Although the pair raked in the dough--both became millionaires by age 29--Fuller's obsession with amassing wealth pushed Linda away; in the...