Search Details

Word: wrists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST called his punishment a "10-day slap on the wrist," while others sarcastically stuck up for Viagra's ex-pitchman. Noting that steroid users risk becoming impotent in order to pump up the game, SOMETHING'S GONE WRONG AGAIN! urged "Hall of Fame voters [to] remember this act of selflessness when the time comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blogwatch: Aug. 15, 2005 | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...athleticism--and endless practice. "Cheerleading is one of the hardest things you can do," says Breanna Oviedo of Euless Junior High near Dallas. She should know, since she also plays basketball, soccer and softball and runs track. Her squad mate Monica Brigham, also a soccer player, shows off wrist injuries from lifting the lighter girls for stunts. "They sell a T shirt that says ATHLETES LIFT WEIGHTS, BUT CHEERLEADERS LIFT ATHLETES," she says proudly. The Euless squad practices four times a week, an hour and a half a night, with only Wednesday off for church. Every practice involves at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Push To Be Perfect | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

Youth courts devote attention to infractions that busy juvenile and family courts tend to handle perfunctorily. "Referring kids [to peer courts] lets us do more than just slap them on the wrist," says Patrice Lockart, a victim specialist with the Colonie police department. The experience is also more attuned to teenagers' moral development, conveying not just that there are consequences for their behavior but also that society cares about them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Jury of Their Peers | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

...borough president's suicide was a grotesque climax to a case that had been unfolding since the early morning of Jan. 10, when police in Queens noticed a weaving car, investigated and found Manes at the wheel. He was dazed and bleeding profusely from a slashed wrist and ankle. Rushed to the hospital, Manes survived heavy blood loss and a subsequent heart attack. At first he claimed that he had been attacked, but he later admitted that his wounds were self-inflicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The King of Queens Is Dead | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...tailgate proposal for the first time, they objected to a proposed splitting of the undergraduate tailgates that would place HoCo tailgates at Ohiri Field and student group tailgates at Cumnock Fields. HoCo chairs and UC leaders were also wary of plans for centralized beer distribution by licensed providers using wrist-band identification...

Author: By Joshua P. Rogers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tailgate Comes Under Fire From BPD | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Previous | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | Next