Word: pursuits
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...work. By the 1960s, Bell argued, "the cultural justification of capitalism [had] become hedonism, the idea of pleasure as a way of life." This magazine agreed. In a 1969 cover story titled "California: A State of Excitement," TIME reported that, as most Americans saw it, "the good, godless, gregarious pursuit of pleasure is what California is all about ... 'I have seen the future,' says the newly returned visitor to California, 'and it plays...
...Alps passage of the Tour de France is punishing enough. But American cyclist TYLER HAMILTON went on to tackle the climb of the Pyrenees while continuing to nurse a broken collarbone. Allowed only limited pain medication, Hamilton grimaced through the injury, advancing to fifth overall in pursuit of four-time tour winner Lance Armstrong...
...sardonically whispers, "This op's run on a need-to-know basis, soldier." My mission?and I had gleefully chosen to accept it?was to go deep under cover in Bangkok's retail jungle with 4,100 baht (about $100) in pocket to reconnoitre Chatuchak Weekend Market in pursuit of vintage threads...
...with red flags of towns and villages he has visited in his first year as a barnstorming politician. He is in an expansive mood. "I believe in certain values in life," he says. "I want to set an example of public service." Politics, in fact, is a welcome pursuit for Uzan, who is leader of the Youth Party. But he is also scion of one of Turkey's richest and most controversial business empires. And business for the Uzan group is not going so well. In June the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan seized two major Uzan-owned utilities...
...work. By the 1960s, Bell argued, "the cultural justification of capitalism [had] become hedonism, the idea of pleasure as a way of life." This magazine agreed. In a 1969 cover story titled "California: A State of Excitement," TIME reported that, as most Americans saw it, "the good, godless, gregarious pursuit of pleasure is what California is all about ... 'I have seen the future,' says the newly returned visitor to California, 'and it plays...