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...another and soon form a boisterous crowd, exchanging jokes and mobile-phone numbers. The awesome range of peculiar Philippine nicknames, a source of amusement to foreigners, are tokens of how much such social groups mean to people: the nicknames are bestowed by family and friends. Some Filipinos use a string of them over the years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Viewpoint: It Doesn't Take Much | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

However, he said he was not surprised by the raise and added that, “its just the first string of them...

Author: By Alexander H. Greeley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BC Hikes Tuition By Almost $3,000 | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...loss in November was but the latest chapter for St. Lawrence in a recent string of losses to the Crimson...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On the Road Up North | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...different Harvard squad that had been carrying play forward, the string of penalties might have only slowed the action—but for a Harvard squad that was already only standing still, the string of penalties spelled...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Finds No Consolation in 4-1 Loss to BC | 2/15/2005 | See Source »

Michael's yearlong stay with Inge, 56, a hair stylist, and her husband Jim, 60, an electrician, turned out to be the first in a string of stints by exchange students. He enlivened the house with his jokes, bonded with Jim over chopping wood and devoured Inge's cherry squirt cake. "He was just what the doctor ordered," Inge says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full House Again | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

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