Word: unravelled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Scientists have only recently begun to unravel the mysteries of synesthesia. They estimate that roughly 1 in 2,000 people has the condition and that there are nearly as many types of synesthesia as there are permutations of the senses. While synesthetic responses are usually as unique as fingerprints, the condition runs in families. Nabokov, for example, for whom the letter b evoked the color burnt sienna, and t, pistachio green, often argued with his equally synesthetic mother about the true colors of the alphabet...
...confidence among consumers, who apparently see further deterioration in the economy and in business. Layoffs have picked up in pace, and fears are shifting from worrying about their neighbors' jobs to worrying about their own. Consumer spending is slacking because of this, and if that continues, the economy will unravel entirely...
...indictment addresses the lifeblood of a uniquely corrupt regime. By shedding light on the Byzantine sources of support for a government whose workings have long remained mysterious to the outside world, it may help the country unravel responsibility for the crimes of the past decade, not only in Serbia but everywhere the wars of the former Yugoslavia were fought...
Things started to unravel when the dotcoms realized banner ads weren't working. So if we all go online right now and start clicking on banner ads until our fingers bleed, we might be able to make those little numbers in the corner of the CNBC screen go the other...
...nobody would have wagered that Pfingst would also be the first D.A. in the U.S. to launch his very own Innocence Project. Yet last June, Pfingst told his attorneys to go back over old murder and rape convictions and see if any unravel with newly developed DNA-testing tools. In other words, he wanted to revisit past victories - this time playing for the other team. "I think people misunderstand being conservative for being biased," says Pfingst. "I consider myself a pragmatic guy, and I have no interest in putting innocent people in jail...