Search Details

Word: train (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Although Chiappini’s family also hates Bilotti, they are closer to Harvard and don’t know about his pending arraignment for smuggling penguins (or was it people?) and thus Bilotti was welcomed into their house for the long weekend. So Prestige and Mobility chartered a train on Boston’s historic “Red Line” to Quincy Adams where a private car awaited to bring us to Chiappini manor. [1]After settling into our deluxe accommodations, we told the concierge of our night’s plans, and she replied...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Turkeys & Trifectas | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...Salvation Army is run by "officers" who, as a condition of their leadership positions, vow to refrain from alcohol and tobacco and only marry other officers so they can devote nearly their entire personal and professional lives to the organization. Future leaders train as "cadets" at Salvation Army colleges. The charity's right to require that its employees and leaders adhere to Christian principles, even though it is partially government-funded, has been affirmed in the courts. The legal victory was a boon for President Bush's "faith-based" programs, which President-Elect Obama has said he will continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Salvation Army | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...alone, the country's biggest cities - including New Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Jaipur, among others - have suffered bomb blasts that have killed hundreds of people. Mumbai, the country's financial center, was attacked in a series of bombing in 1993 that killed 257 people, and again in the 2006 train bombings that killed 184. Each time, the city dusted itself off and got back to work, buoyed by the seemingly indomitable "Mumbai spirit." But this time, Mumbaikars aren't in a rush to restore normalcy; they want answers and they want changes. (See pictures of Mumbai in the aftermath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angry Mumbai Wants Answers, Changes | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...that’s beside the point: Next time you mix up someone’s name or race, simply ask them again and try to train your eye so you remember for the future. Just don’t bring racism into it. Anita J Joseph ’12, a Crimson editorial comper, lives in Wigglesworth Hall...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: What’s in a Wrong Name? | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

Mumbai has always been proud of its resilience, but there is a profound sense that the city will not recover as quickly as it did after the blasts of 2003 or the train attacks of 2006. Ashish Contractor, a doctor who lives in Colaba, near Nariman House, explained that this week's attacks brought terror into the lives of Mumbai's most privileged, those who always thought of South Mumbai as an oasis from the rest of the city. "This is a totally different segment which always thought of itself as immune," he says. "Everybody in South Mumbai knows somebody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mumbai's Trauma: How Quickly Will Recovery Come? | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

Previous | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | Next