Word: plugged
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...team should be a great one. Everyone will be back and in the words of sweeper Debbie Field, "hopefully without the injuries." The Crimson lost for the season its only experienced goalie and an offensive spark plug in its very first game, then almost half a dozen other players fell victim to various injuries...
...Administration's latest effort to clamp a lid on Government secrets would have been a secret in itself if its designers could have had their way. A national security directive authorizing wider use of lie detectors to plug leaks and ordering senior federal officials to clear speeches and articles about classified topics for the rest of their lives was signed by President Reagan late on a Friday last March. That is when bureaucrats head home for the weekend and Washington correspondents relax their vigilance. When the order was discovered by reporters-Congress had been given no advance notice-Justice...
...without its flaws. To improve on the tinny speaker that comes installed in an Apple, users must invest an additional $100 for a plug-in sound-effects generator called a Mockingboard. (The Atari and Commodore versions will play three and four voices without any additional equipment.) Serious composers will find that the program's 1,400-symbol capacity allows them to write only about 70 measures at a time, requiring them to print out long pieces in sections. Moreover, using the program at full capacity causes the tempo of the machine to slow down, while short pieces whip...
Shortly after she finished filming the spy thriller Gorky Park in Finland and Sweden, Polish Actress Joanna Pacula, 25, began mastering the fearsome Los Angeles freeways ("My car is like my purse, you have to take it everywhere") and polishing her English before a promotion tour to plug the movie, which will be released in December. Pacula plays Irina, a Siberian dissident who gets mixed up with a triple murder in the park and then falls in love with a Soviet detective, played by William Hurt. After such a heavy role, she says, "I'd like...
...quarter, the Middies battled Army's powerhouse on even terms. Then West Point's T began to explode. Quarterback Doug Kenna found a soft spot in the center of Navy's line, sent Plebe-Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard bulling through. When the Midshipmen closed up to plug the gap, Army blockers shook Speedster Glenn Davis loose on the flanks. As they had done all year, Army's swivel-hipped backs went for distance once they got in the clear...