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...Winning bid for a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to resemble the Virgin Mary, on the auction website eBay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

Rutan--who took to calling NASA "the other space agency" during the X Prize competition--firmly believes the future belongs to commercial space flight. Concerned that SpaceShipOne was destined for nothing more than the National Air and Space Museum, he and Allen enlisted another aeronautics enthusiast and billionaire, Virgin's Richard Branson. Over dinner in Mojave, they sketched out a vision of suborbital and orbital space tourism over the next 75 years. Branson was instantly won over. He ordered five larger versions of SpaceShipOne with seats for five passengers and a pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: Invention of the Year: The Sky's the Limit | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ? Cheesy Imitations News that a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich purported to bear an image of the Virgin Mary (pictured) drew a bid of millions on eBay spawned a rash of copycat snacks. Available for cyber-bids: a replica Virgin Mary sandwich; a festive Christmas tree sandwich; an agnostic sandwich; and, of course, an Elvis Lives sandwich - which had trouble hitting its starting bid of $400, perhaps because, as its seller concedes, it really looks more like James Dean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 11/21/2004 | See Source »

...that rely primarily on hard drives to store songs, flash players have no moving parts, which makes them less susceptible to damage if used while jogging or if you drop them. And they are so petite, they fit into the tiniest handbag or pants pocket. In a unique design, Virgin's wearable 128-MB MP3 player ($100) is the size and shape of an American silver dollar and can hang like a pendant around your neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like It Small | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

...perhaps put off by their “alternative” appearance. Besides, there are so many spare dimes trickling down from W’s tax cuts, right? No? As more normatively Cantabrigian patrons began to realize who these ladies were, grumbles and mutters reached their virgin ears, and the belles for Bush decided to get back on the Fuck Truck, fast...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Sarah M. Seltzer, Zachary M. Seward, and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Gadfly: The Week in Buzz | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

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