Word: subtraction
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...biodegradable plastic, and electricity was generated by an eco-friendly onsite system (even the garbage was used for fuel). And while the theme in Aichi was Nature's Wisdom, many of the 22 million visitors who flocked to the expo between March and September met robots that could sing, subtract or speak four languages. Shanghai will be the host of the next expo, in 2010. Here are some of this year's highlights...
...theory, I suppose, the Disney board could just subtract $90 million from Eisner's paycheck, with the notation "turkey hiring." Never happen. That would be a negabonus...
...relentless criticism of civil rights leaders by neoconservative blacks [NATION, Nov. 11] suggests that the likes of Benjamin Hooks and the Urban League have done nothing for the advancement of black Americans. If this is the case, then we should be able to subtract their contributions from American history without harming the social and economic development of blacks. Hypothetically, we could start by erasing Brown vs. Board of Education. Then we could resegregate higher education, sports and the workplace. We could also reintroduce law officers like Alabama's Bull Connor, who used dogs and fire hoses to break up civil...
...Vancouver. George Pastor, president of Urban Transportation Development Corp.-USA, the company that is building the People Mover, claims the train will pay its own way within three years of start-up. "These systems are cheaper in capital and operating costs than traditional transit systems," Pastor insists. "When you subtract all the nonsense that occurred throughout the tragic history of this project, that will still be proved." --By Richard Stengel. Reported by William J. Mitchell/Detroit
INTENSITY The American College of Sports Medicine recommends exercising at 60% to 90% of your maximum heart rate. (To calculate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220.) During exercise, you can monitor your heart rate manually by counting your pulses per minute. If your goal is weight loss, exercise at low or moderate intensity for longer periods, which burns more...