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...supporting cast: drummer Ahmir ("?uestlove") Thompson (his nickname is pronounced "Questlove") of the hip-hop band the Roots, jazzman Roy Hargrove, rappers Method Man and Redman. The music blends hip-hop with smooth soul and gritty funk. The songs don't rush to please, like puppy-dog pop tunes; instead, each track takes its own sweet time stretching out, like a cat waking up from a nap. Intelligent? Deadly? Unique? Voodoo's all three...
Kids, of course, are less impressed by words than by the example of parents who don't spoil themselves: who admire a pearl necklace or bamboo fly rod--and could easily afford them--but decide instead to give more to the church, or add to the childrens' college fund, or send grandma on that trip she's always wanted to take...
Alan Greenspan should have quit. Instead of accepting renomination as chairman of the Federal Reserve two weeks ago, he should have said, "No, thank you" and bowed out on top. Michael Jordan did it. So did Jerry Seinfeld. Babe Ruth didn't--and finished feebly in Boston. I'm not saying Greenspan will go down in flames. In 12 years, he's steered us through a stock-market crash, banking crisis and emerging-market disasters and hasn't gone soft. But as the wild gyrations in stock prices so far this year suggest, the Fed's job is getting tougher...
...thing looks just like the old Blackberry but has some notable, hidden differences. Instead of relying on BellSouth, eLink sends its digital packets over the ARDIS network, which covers more territory--220 million people in the U.S., vs. BellSouth's 175 million. ARDIS can also handle faster speeds--up to 19.2 kilobits per sec., according to the eLink folks, twice as fast as their competitor. Finally, the ARDIS network is renowned for its "in-building" penetration, which means that I can travel up, down and around the august Time & Life Building and never miss...
HAGGLE-FREE DEALS If online auctions leave you cold, why not try swapping instead? At INTELLIBARTER.COM, members list everything from used CDs to elegant evening gowns in the hope that someone will offer them a desirable trade. You can read the listings for free, but in order to get a person's contact information, you must pay 35[cents] to 50[cents], using virtual "tokens" you buy on the site. A rival site, MRSWAP.COM, launches early next month. Look out, eBay...