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Word: shovelful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...their site, and you've walked into their store. There, Amazon computers also keep an eye on you. They see where you click; they see where you pause. They recall every book you've ever bought and what other customers like you have bought. They shovel through data about millions of buyers and tens of millions of sales and then, like the shopkeepers, come up with a suggestion. However, the computers don't do all this in a 1,400-g (3 lb.), walnut-wrinkled mass of brain tissue but in a vast network of computers. It's easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Simplexity | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...within nine years. Aggravating the problem for local communities are E.U. regulations due to take effect in 2010. To curb the release from landfills of methane, a major greenhouse gas, the E.U. will impose harsh fines on communities that don't greatly reduce the amount of biodegradable materials they shovel into landfills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain To Burn Trash for Energy | 6/9/2008 | See Source »

...they all have their foot on the gas. At the Aurora North mine, a giant shovel fills up another 797B Caterpillar heavy hauler with a 400-ton load of material that--after being spun in what looks like the world's largest cement mixer to separate the bitumen from the sand--will eventually yield 200 bbl. of oil. "A year from now, that mountain won't be there," says Crisby, referring to the black wall of bitumen-rich soil gradually being demolished by shovel, dozer and a convoy of heavy haulers that operate around the clock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Well-Oiled Machine | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...camera speed slowed down just slightly, the viewer is treated to a drawn-out display of bouncing bosoms. An atypically restrained Kanye finally makes his appearance when Rita opens the trunk to reveal his bound, gagged, and tuxedoed figure. She gives his ducktaped mouth a kiss and retrieves a shovel. As the camera pans out, the Playmate raises the shovel over her head and begins jabbing it into the trunk. The video then quickly cuts to the words “Flashing Lights” before ending over a minute before the actual song would normally stop. When I heard...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Kanye West | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...morning, and you'll find headmaster Idrice Patrice lining up dozens of grubby but excited children and then teaching French class in shifts, 50 kids at a time. Head to the nearby open-pit mines the same afternoon, and you'll find Patrice, again, this time bearing a shovel and sweating as he digs in search of one precious stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Darfur Represents Hope | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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