Word: steams
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Board. “He was smart, I can tell you that. And he was a good organizer, I can tell you that,” said Tom Biggie, a fellow security guard who came to know McCombe in 1990 through the union. The labor movement at Harvard gained steam in the early 1990s, when the HUSPMGU confronted University three years in a row about pay increases. The two ultimately signed a contract promising the workers a nine percent increase in pay over the course of three years. At its peak, HUSPMGU represented approximately 150 Harvard employees, including security guards...
...corruption in the police force. In recent months, however, prosecutions against corruption have dried up, and the police commission's recommendations have yet to be implemented. "Abdullah has appeared strangely indecisive," says human-rights activist S. Arulchelvam. "He speaks the reform language, but his reforms have run out of steam...
...second period to make it 7-6 at halftime. After Erik Hinterbichler kicked a 25-yard field goal midway through the third period to boost Dartmouth’s lead to 10-6, the two teams sputtered anew. The visiting Lions appeared to be building steam with five minutes left in the game, but Dartmouth’s Josh Dooley tackled Jordan Davis for a two-yard loss at midfield on fourth down to force a turnover. Dartmouth was forced to punt and despite a pass interference penalty, stopped Columbia and took over at the Lions’ 18. Three...
...technology would also help solve a potential pollution problem by allowing a by-product of the process, carbon dioxide, to be captured and filtered at a single point. Imagine if all the pollutants could be stripped out of gasoline before you filled up your tank. Known scientifically as "unmixed steam reforming," the process used by Dupont was invented in the U.S. But she is believed to be the first to apply it to sunflower oil. U.S. producers, who have 1.8 million acres under till and produce about 280,000 metric tons of cooking oil annually, are interested. So are producers...
This sensory overload of twisted preciousness loses steam toward the end, however, as the video ends with several unidentifiable creatures springing out of an acorn spaceship (which makes as much sense as anything else in the video) and dancing for the final 30 seconds. The relative immobility of the scene allows the viewer to catch her breath and think “that was completely nonsensical...