Search Details

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


Usage:

...foray into covering music on the Web (Beaker's solo "Ode to Joy" notwithstanding). With all the buzz for its release, it's a safe bet that more videos will follow. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a tough number to top, but who wouldn't want to see Henson's creations stretch a little with, say, a "Thriller" cover? It's a YouTube franchise in the making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Muppet-Style | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...wave of Christmas advertisements, chief among them, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, running in New York City since 1924. The holiday spree became so important to retailers that during the Great Depression, they appealed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to move Thanksgiving up in order to stretch out the holiday shopping season. Roosevelt obliged, moving Thanksgiving one week earlier, but didn't announce the change until October. As a result, Americans had two Thanksgivings that year - Roosevelt's, derisively dubbed "Franksgiving," and the original. Because the switchover was handled so poorly, few observed it, and the change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Friday | 11/27/2009 | See Source »

...marries physical resemblance to internal channeling - he's practiced in this, having written and performed a one-man show called Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles - is exceptional. But there's one insurmountable problem: his age. He's 36, and passing for Welles at 22 is more than a stretch, especially when you're up against the world's biggest teenybopper. When Orson and Richard are briefly positioned as romantic rivals for Sonja, it's ludicrous, no matter how much charisma Efron exudes - since our perception of him is as a man in his mid-30s, based on McKay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...mean, we’ve been on kind of a rough stretch, so it’s tough to lose like that,” Morrison said. “At the same time, it was a special night for me, so I’ll be happy but not satisfied...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshman Nets Four Goals in Defeat | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

With its next meet coming in January, Harvard prepares to train and get ready for the stretch of meets before the championship...

Author: By Erika T. Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Continues Winning Ways | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Next