Word: jam
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fire engine, a Jam'n 94.5 radio truck, state troopers on horseback and about a dozen middle-aged men on mopeds turned out for the parade. The Harvard-Radcliffe Band played, four couples from the Harvard Ballroom team danced and the Harvard-Radcliffe Dance company--sporting pink hooded shirts and wings--blew bubbles at the crowd...
...Although Sharon is likely to jam the brakes on the frenzied peace talks of the weeks leading up to the election, his victory is a symptom of the failure of the peace process, rather than its cause. The Likud leader had campaigned against what he saw as Ehud Barak's reckless handling of negotiations with the Palestinians, and has made no secret of the fact that he plans a major rewind of the peace process - his message to the Palestinians has been to disregard any offers made by the Barak government. Rather than trying to finalize a peace agreement, Sharon...
...deals would lessen airport congestion and reduce flight delays because American could route passengers through TWA's former St. Louis hub rather than through crowded Chicago or Dallas. Some jetliners now take off with many empty seats--tying up scarce runway and air-traffic space--because carriers tend to jam competing flights into the same popular time slots. Fewer carriers would mean fewer overlapping flights. Passengers could also get service to more cities on the same carrier, a benefit for those who want to concentrate their frequent-flyer miles...
...last ten minutes of the game featured some sloppy play by both teams, as Brown never got closer than 16 points the rest of the way. The one highlight of the latter stages of the game was an electrifying one-handed tomahawk jam by Winter which brought the crowd to its feet...
...writing as far as I can tell. He never bought me a Christmas present, never asked me how classes were going or showed much interest in my daily life. But he did teach me how to dig up potatoes, fix toilet plumbing, catch Japanese beetles at twilight in a jam jar. How to talk to a dying man. That's slowly, waiting until he has caught his breath, not asking too many questions, getting him water or melted sherbet, sitting quietly, being there. Switching on the golf...