Word: thousands
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Countries are trapped in this cycle of disease and impoverishment,” he said. “Twenty-five thousand are dying a day. A few bucks from each of us could help. I’m all for throwing money at problems...
...skating brouhaha provided, and it's what the Games provide as a whole. The fog of war, which we hear so much about these days, doesn't apply on the men's downhill course or the bobsled track. The distances of Olympic events are fixed. Five hundred meters. A thousand. No more, no fewer. The times are measured to the hundredth of a second by instruments that don't waver. No messy relativism. And the judges--however fallible or mischievous--are monitored by a clear-eyed worldwide audience, not a secretive Big Five accounting firm...
Like many other TV freaks, Necratog, 21, also downloads favorite programs and burns them onto CDs. His archives include 400 CDs that hold more than a thousand Buffy, Babylon 5, South Park and Star Trek shows. But Buffy is his favorite. "I'll watch the same episode three or four times in a row," he says. "I've watched some over 20 times altogether...
...Florida voting and whatnot, everybody's on the case all the time. You're smart, or you're toast. For instance, everybody knows that a certain nation entered in these games has a cross-country skier-tripping coach who works by two-way radio out of the slammer a thousand miles away. He'll never get nabbed. Beautiful...
...work. And for that fraction, the HSPDS earns handsome compensation. For each round judged by a team member, the HSPDS receives compensation at a $5 premium compared to the compensation offered to independently-associated judges. The HSPDS’s compensation for running the ballot table approaches a thousand dollars. A generous and devoted alum of the policy team runs the individual events ballot table for free...