Word: popularizer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nonami, 47, is the latest in a small group of tremendously popular contemporary female Japanese mystery writers to be translated into English. Their lurid fiction is anchored in ostensibly mundane domestic affairs - far cries from the hard-boiled yakuza netherworld of conventional Japanese crime fiction, where women mostly inhabit peripheral positions as prostitutes or femmes fatales. Like Natsuo Kirino, whose best-selling 1997 novel Out chronicles a band of disaffected middle-aged bento-box factory workers who moonlight as murderesses, Nonami places women at the center of her work. As the author of some 50 books, she is more prolific...
...hasn't Formula One racing caught on in the U.S.? -Mat Smith, CARDIFF, WALESI'm a huge fan, [but] I don't know if cool technology and exotic cars are as popular in the U.S. as in Europe. We want high scoring, lots of action. Soccer is one of the biggest sports in the world, but not in the U.S. I think a lot of people look at it as sort of boring...
Blending two popular forms of exercise--yoga and spinning--makes for a stimulating mind-body workout. Most yoga-spin classes include a full spinning session followed by a full yoga session, while some take an integral approach, interspersing a few minutes on the bike with...
...Selsby said some students did believe the ploy, though computer services was able to limit any potential damage by changing their passwords. Selsby added that since many students use the same e-mail address and password for different sites, scammers could try using that combination on popular Web sites like eBay and Paypal...
...states is running well ahead of that for the GOP. Democratic fund-raising continues to break all records-even those set previously by Republicans. The Democrats' issues cupboard is fuller than it has been in a decade and a half. And voters have narrowed the field to two wildly popular candidates, either of whom would make history if nominated, much less elected...