Word: steeping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...what phones can do, making them operate a little better for the millions of Americans who will still be non-iPhoners after Apple launches its latest gizmo on June 29. GrandCentral, for instance, consolidates all your phone numbers and personalizes the device you already have. EQO circumvents the carriers' steep rates for international calls. Spinvox and SimulScribe turn your voice mail into text. And TellMe lets you operate your phone with your voice, promising an end run around those confusing option menus. "Features have never been the carriers' strong suit," says GrandCentral CEO Craig Walker. "They're few, expensive...
...game of squash. For decades, its white walls and clear glass back have locked the sport's top players into duels for some of its highest honors; photographs of those big names - from Pakistan's Jahangir Khan to Australia's Geoff Hunt - hang on the wall behind a steep bank of polished, wooden seats...
...Allston. It would have been easy to dismiss him because of his connection to Summers, yet Faust made the wiser choice. Faust has also established a reputation as being personable—especially with key donors—and has gracefully coped with the job’s steep learning curve. Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, Harvard’s unofficial historian, has said that Harvard presidents may not be “Mr. Right,” but they are often “Mr. Right Now.” Right now Harvard needs reform conducted...
...modest $54,950, you could find yourself touring the wonders of China by private jet, accompanied by all-star tour guide and Dean of Harvard School of Public Health Barry R. Bloom. If this price is a little too steep, try a $19,000 tour of Antarctica’s icebergs and wildlife...
...Gore hearing was quickly followed by sessions with leading scientists, auto manufacturers, power-company executives, economists and others. Energy and Commerce Committee chief of staff Dennis Fitzgibbons--lured back to Dingell's side after a lucrative stint as an auto-industry lobbyist--describes the "steep learning curve" for members of Congress, who have arrived, one by one, at "their holy [expletive] moment, when they say, 'Wow! This is bigger than I thought...