Search Details

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


Usage:

...quite possibly had the game of his career. The junior posted an unreal stat line, shooting 11-of-16 from the floor, dishing out eight assists against two turnovers, and adding six steals to flabbergast the Eagle ballhanders. Defensively, he went head-to-head with an All-American guard, Rice, who had just torched UNC for 25 points in the previous game. Rice, BC’s leading scorer entering the contest, had just three points until there was 4:02 remaining in the game. He finished with 14 points...

Author: By Ted Kirby | Title: Men's Basketball Stuns No. 17 Boston College, 82-70 | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

Reid, a five-foot-five, 140-pound astrophysicist, said the difference in estimated size was the cosmic equivalent of him suddenly bulking up to the size of a six-foot-three, 210-pound NFL linebacker...

Author: By Youho T. Myong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Milky Way is Larger Than Predicted | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...asked my scheduler about that yesterday, and I didn't see it on there for the first six months [laughs]. The schedule that the Speaker has put out is pretty aggressive. The weekends that I have, quote, free, I'm planning to go back to central Illinois. Those are the folks who gave me the job, and I need to stay in touch with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Gen Y Congressman | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Buzz Bites I made the mistake of eating two Buzz Bites after my morning coffee. Whoa there, Speedy Gonzales! Should I be driving? A tin comes with six silver-wrapped chocolate or mint-chocolate chews, each containing 100 mg of caffeine (roughly equivalent to a cup of joe and more than in a typical energy drink), a good dose of B vitamins, as well as ginseng and taurine. After my three-hour drive on three hours of sleep, that tin somehow pulled me through a full night of work. But in my sleep-deprived state, it also made me mesmerized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy Chews: Portable, Pocket-Size Pep | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...they acted like caffeinated Ex-Lax, as did the Buzz Bites; also, both curb hunger well on an empty stomach.) The tubular packaging is also über-convenient - the plastic cylinders are now my favorite places to store quarters, paper clips and earplugs on the go. Price: $3.99 for six pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy Chews: Portable, Pocket-Size Pep | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 598 | 599 | 600 | 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 | 606 | 607 | 608 | 609 | 610 | 611 | 612 | 613 | 614 | 615 | 616 | 617 | 618 | Next