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...latter incident continues to rub because the sacred liturgy of any religion is an inappropriate venue for political protest. But the Holy Father, after all, is Karol Wojtyla, a person, who like other people. must answer for his actions...

Author: By Kenneth R. Walker, | Title: The Pope as Ronald Reagan | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

...mile. Sure you can be cocky and obnoxious to those poor saps stuck in New England's industrial wasteland. But what about the six other Ivy schools? They count for something--even Columbia. And the chance to rub it in their collective noses, at least once, is something I need before I graduate...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: A Desperate Plea to the Powers That Be | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

...mile. Sure you can be cocky and obnoxious to those poor saps stuck in New England's industrial wasteland. But what about the six other Ivy schools? They count for something--even Columbia. And the chance to rub it in their collective noses, at least once, is something I need before I graduate...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: A Desperate Plea to the Powers That Be | 9/16/1992 | See Source »

...forest clearing near Wamba in equatorial Zaire, a group of bonobos, or pygmy chimpanzees, approaches a juicy stash of sugarcane laid out by Japanese researchers. As the animals draw near the sweets, they begin an astonishing series of sexual interactions. Some females embrace, rubbing their genitals against each other; males rub rumps, and sometimes briefly enter into what looks like mating. There is plenty of heterosexual sex too, as well as adult- infant encounters and enough mixing and matching to offend every puritanical sensibility. Scientists have observed similar orgies when bonobos converge on fig trees ripe with the sticky fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apes That Swing Many Ways | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

...marketing dodge, that is known as rub-off. Don't roll your eyes. There are companies that can prove Olympic rub-off is more powerful than fried garlic. Consider: the athletic-shoe business alone generates $13 billion annually in retail worldwide sales. Shorts, socks, sweatbands and such are worth a couple of billion dollars more. So the prospect of Michael Jordan mounting the victory stand to accept his gold medal in basketball wearing togs provided by his very own sponsor, Nike, naturally had the folks at Reebok stamping their feet. Reebok purchased the exclusive modeling rights, they thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Less Wretched Excess, Please | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

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