Word: phoning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...never met, but as we talked on the phone I knew she was Googling me. The way she drew out her conjunctions, just a little, that was the tip off - stalling for time as new pages loaded. It was barely audible, but the soft click-click of the keyboard in the background confirmed it. Oh, well, it's the information age. Normally, she'd have to go through my staff first, but I gave her an appointment...
...backstreet female genital mutilation of a 10-year-old Egyptian girl. Egypt's conservatives claimed that CNN and the girl's family had shamed Egypt on the world stage. A year on, I was asked to find the girl and do an update. But after a few phone calls in Cairo, I begged off the assignment: the girl was in hiding, fearing reprisals. My editors in New York assumed she'd want to "tell her story." But interviewing the girl again, I had to explain, could bring as much shame and danger as the circumcision knife...
Starbucks, iPods, Playstations, blogs,IM, high-end snow gear: the anesthetizing of China's Me Generation sounds just like what's happening right here in the U.S. It seems that as long as we have our morning cup of coffee, iTunes and the latest high-tech cell phone, then all is well. These are the values we ourselves embrace and teach our children. Who cares about politics and civil rights as long as you have the best stuff...
...army staff, General Ashfaq Kyani, Musharraf's heir apparent. Rumors are commonplace in Pakistani politics, and Kyani is a loyalist. Still, for many Pakistanis--even those fed up with military dictators--the rumors brought a glimmer of hope. Abida Hussain, a former ambassador to the U.S., got a phone call about a possible coup while being interviewed by TIME. "If only," she responded. "If there were a coup, it would be the best day for Pakistan." That a diplomat should wish for another military coup in her own country is a measure of just how low Pakistan has sunk...
...nominated by a board of about 200 past Glamour women, include actress Jennifer Garner, fashion designer Donna Karan, and political figures such as Elizabeth Edwards and Nancy Pelosi. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, was noticeably absent from the list. Glamour editor Lauren S. Brody said in a phone interview yesterday that in compiling its list, the magazine looks for women who have “broken barriers.” “This year Dr. Faust was toward the top of the list, so we were really excited that she agreed to be honored...