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...common, now, not adding this punctuation mark to the end of a message makes it seem sullen and ungrateful. Simply ending with “thanks” no longer cuts it, although in most cases such an ending would most accurately describe our emotion; we rarely scream the word “thanks” when an act being rewarded is less-than-heroic. The misuse of this punctuation mark has spiraled even beyond the single exclamation point; since one represents the standard suffix to a message, you now have to put two or three extra points to show...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Missing the Point | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

Harvard—it was a word I hardly ever said aloud to myself, let alone others. I had been intimated by numbers. 22,753 applicants. 2,600 with 800 verbal. 2,700 with 800 math. 3,000 valedictorians. 2,109 admitted students...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, Emily C. Graff, Jamison A. Hill, JUN LI, Charles R. Melvoin, and Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Just The Tip | 5/7/2010 | See Source »

Feminism is a word that some people wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole. Though it is sometimes perceived as a unilateral campaign against men, women’s rights and gender equality groups are increasingly presenting it as a movement in which people of all genders can be involved. Many scholars, activists, and student leaders are coming to redefine the term. Many of these...

Author: By Nadia L. Farjood and Alice E. M. Underwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Men Champion Women’s Cause | 5/5/2010 | See Source »

...with one leg and down with the other, switching your leading leg after every 10. Repeat for a count of 40. Note: for an added boost, leave whatever embarrassing pop music you’ve been blaring for the past 10 hours on and step to the beat. (A word of caution, however, do not jerk your headphones out of your computer since toned legs are not worth being the subject of an embarrassing I Saw You Harvard...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Time for the Gym? Work Out in the Library! | 5/5/2010 | See Source »

...ever again.” It’s entirely possible that I simply don’t want to watch the Tower crumble while I’m still in it, since as Maureen O’Connor of Gawker wrote, “It seems like the word ‘outing’ only comes up when the subject is a person that an upper-middle-class, educated blogger would consider a peer...

Author: By Silpa Kovvali | Title: Gawking at the Ivory Tower | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

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