Word: waked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Task Force was charged in the wake of budget concerns across the University, said Provost Steven E. Hyman. But he said yesterday that the goal of the task force is “not to wring money out of the libraries” but to put in place long-awaited reforms...
...wake of the financial crisis, prosecutors again hoped e-mail would point to wrongdoers. In mid-2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission released e-mails that seemed to show that analysts at credit-rating agencies understood that the mortgage bonds they were rating AAA were actually much riskier than that. An analyst wrote to a colleague, "Let's hope we're all wealthy and retired by the time this house of cards falters." However, no criminal charges have been brought against rating-agency officials. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...wake-up call came like any other average epiphany. I was leafing through US Weekly, alone in the privacy of my room, when I found myself reaching for my glasses as though I actually, physically needed them to read. With my hands on the pair, ready to put them on, I suddenly stopped myself. What was I DOING? It instantly dawned on me just how absurd the whole experiment had become. I had literally tricked myself into thinking that I needed these fake glasses to read about Jessica Simpson’s latest weight gain...
...most expensive? The open bar. Instructions on the bill said the bar was to "notify host when $10,800 was met." Based on the final total, the guests hit that alcohol ceiling. Now that's a wake made for a King...
...hour as you would in a live game. Because of that, a 21-year-old could gain more experience in one year than someone who has been playing live for 25 years. You also don't need to go to a physical place to play - you can wake up and open up your laptop. (Watch TIME"s video "Poker Comes to China...