Word: swears
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There are more specific challenges to Mosaic's pedigree. The U.S. Marshals Service and the L.A. police department may swear by the earlier versions of Mosaic, but many psychologists insist it has not been through a proper scholarly review. Mike Furlong, a psychologist at the University of California at Santa Barbara, recently test-drove the Mosaic-2000 program and concluded, "This is just a private firm asking America's schools to create an open experiment." De Becker says his method is scheduled to undergo two academic evaluations...
...children? That might work for a family like Segal's, where all the children had gone to bed nicely by 8:30 p.m. the other night, when I phoned her. But considering the circumstances in my household--I overheard my husband telling Clementine that "words are like colors and swear words are fluorescent, so save them for when you want to make a big impression"--I cling to another bit of insight from Segal: "By the time children are six, they know what a curse means. She will be able to curb herself." In the meantime, I just may change...
...about "greenhouse" gases. An administrator who truly understands the epidemiological intricacies of individual susceptibility and group vulnerability that ultimately turned A Civil Action into a blockbuster movie. And an administrator whose commitment to public service is as boundless as the environment he or she will swear to protect...
...Megadeth was mega-dead. Meanwhile, Korn was chillin' on the West Coast in Bakersfield, Calif., gathering up rage motivated by not having dates to awkward high school formals, jealousy towards big jock bullies and their hot cheerleader girlfriends, and tolerating parents that would not let them smoke dope and swear. Their question: when would hate-rock rule again...
...engaged, men such as Lenin and myself, feel like giving up everything--marriage, mortgages, careers, the Russian Revolution--in order to spend their days and nights moving little carved objects up and down a quadrate board." My hope is that after a couple of weeks I'll OD and swear off the stuff. I'll fall so far off the wagon that, in reaction, I won't have another taste for years. But just in case it does not turn out that way, be warned. If my column stops appearing, you'll know why. If I stop showing...