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...waited several minutes and when nothing happened, he pushed the alarm button, which made a loud ringing sound in the elevator shaft. But thinking that passersby might find the sound routine, he decided to begin to ring the bell in a SOS pattern to attract attention...

Author: By Margaretta E. Homsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quincy Elevators Turn 'Tempermental' | 10/10/2001 | See Source »

...action was elsewhere last week. The armies were indeed at war, but for the moment it was the armies of foreign ministers and finance wizards and spooks and geeks and anyone who could somehow trap and strangle the enemy. Meanwhile, the new generals of Homeland Security tried to button down the country, knowing that any U.S. attack is likely to trigger a retaliatory strike and that this time we need to be ready. We will just have to get used to something we have never seen: the regular sight of soldiers on our streets, in the airports, at the malls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Comes Next? | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...action was elsewhere last week. The armies were indeed at war, but for the moment it was the armies of foreign ministers and finance wizards and spooks and geeks and anyone who could somehow trap and strangle the enemy. Meanwhile, the new generals of Homeland Security tried to button down the country, knowing that any U.S. attack is likely to trigger a retaliatory strike and that this time we need to be ready. We will just have to get used to something we have never seen: the regular sight of soldiers on our streets, in the airports, at the malls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Comes Next? | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

With 0.54 ounces of belly button fuzz to his name, Australian Graham Barker made it into the 2002 edition of the Guiness Book of World Records, published last week. He has collected his bodily fluff every day since...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Minutes | 10/4/2001 | See Source »

...some daintier combinations of St. Louis style and Arkansas), and a mutilated chicken sandwich (for the dieter). Our drinks came in huge jars, big enough to fill your bladder and cause you to pee so bad you wont notice the bathroom doesn’t lock by pushing that button on the knob, but the lock near the top of the door...

Author: By Thomasin D. Franken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 9/27/2001 | See Source »

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