Word: zero
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
First-generation technology, you'll recall, allowed homemakers to call their partners on the way home from work to nag them to pick up the dry cleaning. (It succeeded zero-generation: yelling real loud.) That begat 2G, which most of us use, though rarely to its full potential, which includes text messaging and sending smiley faces to classmates. (DoCoMo became a renewed symbol of Japanese tech prowess by popularizing those features, especially with the young, through its i-mode service.) 3G is an exponential jump, allowing one to do pretty much anything a PC can, anywhere. Its hype was such...
...vote was unanimous—18 yeas, zero nays...
...lamasery with his aura intact. A film actor on location needs to know if his woman is cheating on him. An incriminating photo has to be smuggled out of a nation in civil war. The planet's bitchiest rock star--yes, Madonna!--needs a speedy comeuppance. Five tough assignments; zero sweat. Because the man at the wheel of each endangered vehicle is a chauffeur for all reasons...the Hire...
...exclude the media - another profession that requires little to zero credentials? The CBS Evening News is the lowest rated news broadcast and can't be doing too well financially. Why not auction off the anchor chair for one night a week to some multi-millionaire who wishes he were Dan Rather? In fact, it couldn't be more anxious-making for viewers than watching old Dan himself. Maybe that's how they should find Dan's successor - give it to the highest bidder; that might even make Viacom happy...
...president wasn't dragged anywhere," Daniels said. "In reality, I think, it was his opposition which was dragged upstairs one step at a time from zero to this number that was very close to what the president proposed...