Word: plastic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tulips turned to plastic on my tongue...
...showmanship and passion. When the steam is up, he is likely to blow a shrill Tarzan victory call on a siren-whistle that could be mistaken for a hunting horn. He delights in the unexpected. In the middle of a flute solo, he will pop a child's plastic song flute into his right nostril and trill out a brief duet. For a performer who took up the flute only three years ago, Kirk plays it with astonishing virtuosity. He can begin with a slow, throaty, lyrical blues, punctuate the piece with jagged staccato yelps of outrage, and then...
...diversification grew out of the companies' own products, as oilmen turned to producing petrochemicals from oil and gas. When that field became glutted, they began buying companies that made consumer products out of petrochemicals. Standard Oil of Ohio now owns the Prophylactic Brush Co. (toothbrushes), Phillips Petroleum makes plastic film for the packaging industry, and Continental Oil is preparing to market a detergent that does not clog sewers with foam...
...neighbors back home in New Mexico considered McCanless as loco as a headless road runner. He has embarked on history's last Long Trail Drive, across macadam highways and through skyscraper-canyoned cities at the head of his herd-which consists of one aged cow with a plastic window in her side...
...experimenters would present a child with the option of making a choice (in this case, between two plastic toys), then give him permission to change his mind. The "mind-changing apparatus" would record the time elapsed between the child's first choice and second choice, or second and third...