Word: plugged
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...doesn't welcome you by name and tell you that "we still have those chinos in your size," as in the movie Minority Report, where talking billboards plug products to Tom Cruise's Detective John Anderton. But Whispering Windows, a new audio system from ETREMA Products, based in Ames, Iowa, at least sings to passersby, bringing us a little closer to that sci-fi future...
...Winger has tried to transfer some of her own fame to Rothenberg’s memoir. The day after her “Today Show” plug, she says, several book chains sold out of Breathing for a Living...
...hardly be a battleground in next year's election. So why have Democratic candidates been cultivating the island's key politicians? Kenneth McClintock, minority leader of Puerto Rico's Senate, got a visit last December at his San Juan office from Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who dropped by to plug his candidacy. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean has been a faithful McClintock phone pal. McClintock says his "added value" will kick in when he tours states like New York, Illinois and Florida next January to recruit the large number of Puerto Rican voters for his chosen candidate...
...convinced of MSN's tactics and motives. Analysts pointed out that the shuttered chat rooms were money losers, while the company's U.S. rooms, which remain open, could potentially make money. And the imminent shutdown could have unintended consequences. Some activists worry that during the three weeks before the plug is pulled, children will be especially vulnerable to pedophiles who, masquerading as online friends, may beg them for e-mail addresses or phone numbers...
...economist’s method of choice, the cost-benefit analysis (thank you, Ec. 10). The benefits are fairly straightforward: music for free. From that alone, it’s clear that we need to determine the major costs of downloading music in order to justify our pulling the plug...