Word: verb
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sentence; one focuses not on the semantic meaning of the whole (what the sentence actually “means” in the traditional sense) but on the structural relationships of various parts that allow the whole to mean anything in the first place (the relationship of subject, verb and object, that renders the sentence’s meaning intelligible...
...writing Nova in your Nielsen logbook. But they insist they love to buy books, and in 20 minutes of panther-like movements around the store, they indeed spend $352.77. But the most impressive part of the shopping--more than their speed or the way they use Amazon as a verb, or that they buy two of David Sedaris' books and then one of Jonathan Ames' because I point out that "he's funny too"--is Pam's Amex signature: a single, quarter-second loop. These are professional shoppers. Not only do I have a lot to learn, but the dual...
...comfort." For how much longer he doesn't know. "My days are starting to shrink," he admits. But not his faith. When seconded to the region as a teacher 35 years ago, he remembers thinking, "Where better than Esperance?" After all, the French word "derives from the verb esp?rer, to hope...
...your fruits and vegetables?" suggests Nestle. Few people appreciate more fully than she just how difficult it would be for the Federal Government to approve such a message. "Move more" is not a problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has budgeted $193 million for its Verb campaign, encouraging young Americans to be active. "Eat less" is another matter. In the past, federal efforts to tell Americans to eat less meat have been foiled by lobbying from the Cattlemen's Association. Attempts to tell people to eat fewer sweets have raised the hackles of the sugar and corn...
...government's most salient media campaign to reduce childhood obesity is an initiative called Verb, which encourages kids to be more physically active. Absent from its promotional materials, however, is any mention of the need for children to cut back on junk food. --By Daren Fonda