Word: thicker
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...Manhattan Media, said that his company intends to “continue building on the direction that the magazine has been taking.” “It’s a fine publication,” he said. “We hope to make the magazine thicker by selling more ad pages and adding more editorial features and increasing the frequency of publication.” Representatives from 02138 magazine would not comment on the recent deal. Manhattan Media, which owns a number of local New York newspapers like the New York Press, also plans to revamp...
...horseshoe-shaped mat. "You wouldn't get credit for the vault if you didn't have a safety mat," says Miller. "Before that, it was just the springboard, and if you launched crooked, then you were going to get hurt." Today, safety mats around all of the apparatuses are thicker, and better padded; officials are even talking about adding more spring to the floor exercise mat to reduce the pounding stress on bones and joints from tumbling...
...more than that, specifically the death of a business associate who is about to testify against him in a criminal action. Who better for that job than his nephews, whose fees for murder would put them on easy street. And besides, as Uncle Howard argues, isn't blood always thicker than water...
...flight from Denver to Chicago in 1997, are planning a cross-country drive with Henry to the Rockies, but she imagines staying in Washington for work in one form or another. And so far, she seems able to take the lumps. "I have grown a thicker skin than I had when I came to Washington," she says...
...temperatures drop, jackets get thicker, and schoolwork begins in earnest, we also observe two changes in color: the leaves, which turn from green to red and yellow, and the CVS candy aisle, which turns first to orange and then to green and red.If we’re to believe the recent buzz about eating locally and seasonally, the progression of seasons should be accompanied by more pronounced changes in our diet—perhaps more butternut squash. As it is, the only edible indication of our tilting away from the sun is the repackaging and reshaping of that most artificial...