Word: proned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sharon Stone has a Mensa level IQ. She is also an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church, as well as a Buddhist and a Scientologist. I am not saying that being a member of three churches makes you insane, but perhaps it makes you prone to crazy pants with appliqué on them (Sharon seems to love these. I can’t even tell you how many times I open a magazine to see Sharon Stone running an errand in appliqué pants. It is insane). This is not to say that Miss Stone doesn?...
...company realized that with all the costs and complications associated with doing business in hurricane-prone Mississippi, especially the fact that global warming is predicted to make hurricanes increasingly frequent and intense, it could not continue operating in the state at its desired profit margin unless it raised its rates. And because insurance rates are often capped by states, State Farm felt it had no option other than to get out of Mississippi...
...defending my own institution on this page; that alone makes me prone to accusations of self-serving bias. But it would be a mistake to assume that Harvard affiliates will defend this university simply because they fancy the crimson color. Harvard should face criticism when it is due but not when its name and the word “endowment” happen to appear in the same sentence. If you do believe universities are drowning in dollars, please, keep the checkbook in your pocket. But we like our financial aid, so don’t lobby for harmful adjustments...
...Bulldogs effectively shut down the middle of the net with 11 team blocks and won in straight games, 3-0 (30-21, 30-25, 30-18).“Their block was a lot bigger,” senior Laura Mahon said. “We were very error-prone, and that cuts away at momentum very quickly.” After falling behind 8-0 in the first game, Harvard called a timeout and returned to the court with a new strategy. With Trimble’s inside attack stifled by the Yale defense, the Crimson chose to rely...
...Anthea Butler, a professor of religion at the University of Rochester in New York believes Pentecostals are no more trouble-prone than other Protestants. "The same sort of thing is happening to Baptists and Presbyterians," she says. "Except for one big thing. They are not media figures." Notes Charisma's Grady: "There's something about someone who is excited about the things of the Holy Spirit that makes them want to get up and proclaim it" - often on TV. "But you'd better have character, or there's going to be a national scandal...