Word: plus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...show up at every kickoff of Euro 2008. We learned to pronounce the names of strikers Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andre Arshavin (I'm still working on Diniyar Bilyaletdinov). The Russians had gotten progressively better, and their swarming attacks, their pure athleticism, were too much for Sweden and Greece. Plus, the Russians had two pure finishers who had their increasingly proud, loud supporters thinking about the trophy...
...were on their third scan, 7% had five or more, and 4% had more than nine. Also to blame: doctors increasingly practicing defensive medicine. "There is an underlying philosophy that you're at fault if you miss anything," says Bullard. "The goal is to be perfect every time." Plus, he notes, CT scans have no immediate negative side effects. "They are quick, painless, and send patients away with the sense of satisfaction that everything's been done...
King Abdullah's seemingly generous offer of a billion dollars from OPEC countries (plus $500 million from his own treasury) to help poor countries cope is also nothing to be grateful for. It amounts to backdoor price discrimination: charging different customers different amounts to extract the maximum from each...
...fought in the realm of intellectual property: Famed revolutionary singer-songwriter Carlos Mejia Godoy, who wrote the soundtrack to the Sandinista revolution in the 1970s and '80s, told the government last week it can no longer play his music at official events. Mejia, who has had all his 200-plus songs copyrighted in Spain, told TIME that the Sandinista Front that had inspired his music 30 years ago no longer exists. "There aren't even any ashes left of that political organization, which has sent all of its values to the garbage dump of history," he said...
...It’s really an unbelievable experience to play in front of 5,000 plus fans and to have them cheering as you go down the sidelines is really incredible,” Levin said. “Getting a chance to come to England was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we showed that we were better than Yale this year...