Search Details

Word: ratting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...first Warner years, Reagan shuttled between supporting roles in A-level films and starring parts in B's. Brother Rat, set in the Virginia Military Institute, handed him the thankless role of the one sensible cadet in a bunch of college cutups. He was a radio announcer, again, in Boy Meets Girl--a good bit part, letting him display a frantic aplomb at a movie premiere as chaos erupts and he tries both to describe it and to rein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Days in Hollywood: Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

Jackson says that based on her experiences in Australia, students who spend time abroad may return with clearer extracurricular priorities—and may be less likely to see their student organizations as part of a rat race...

Author: By Sara E. Polsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Will Expect Time Abroad | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...never at all felt like I was a lab rat,” she says, pointing to the numerous opportunities she had to engage in significant research projects early on in her undergraduate career...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Future Astronomer Reaches for Stars | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...example, according to Hankins, McCormick and others have recently sought to determine how many meters the black rat, Ratus ratus—supposedly the main agent of the plague—could travel in a year. It turns out the rat can travel 200 meters a year, which suggests that the rat had to have been ship-born for the plague to have spread as fast as it did, according to Hankins...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman and Tina Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Professors Make Headlines in a Year of Discovery | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...Asia's War with Heart Disease" hit the nail on the head when it said we have become victims of progress, an unhealthy diet and a sedentary lifestyle. In the past, heart disease mainly affected those in affluent Western countries. But today in South Asia, particularly in India, the rat race to attain and keep a place in the élite class has produced some bad results. The West has exported its diseases as well its technology. Our traditional diet and lifestyle used to keep us healthy, but junk food and irregular hours have made us prone to heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | Next