| 单词 | doorstop |
| 例句 | Locals gleefully took them away—one bowling-ball-size mammoth molar ended up as a doorstop. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The images changed...revealing her mom standing at the doorstop of a house Aru had never seen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That’s what Nike looked like: a divine doorstop, splitting in two. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At least as a doorstop it gets used. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I guessed how untidy and dirty I must appear after a week of sleeping on the doorstop. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z You have to hand it to the guy, he has style, even if he has the personality of a doorstop. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know you do. He was supposed to be the next Chagall, not the next doorstop. You are your brother’s keeper, dear.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I push him through a set of double doors, propped open with doorstops. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The door bounced off the rubber doorstop on the wall and hit Mr. McNamara in the face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The weirdest object in my studio is a sort of hexagonal crystal desk object, I guess you’d call it, that I use as a doorstop. Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z That beats being one of the many doorstops around the place, which describes just about everyone who isn't one of the main stars. "The Morning Show" shifts to cover the pandemic, but still needs a shot in the arm to find its soul 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z That force is the weighty obligation of condensing a plot-packed, multigenerational doorstop of a novel — about big old, unruly Texas, to boot — into a work that floats through 3 hours 15 minutes of stage time. Theater Review: ‘Giant,’ With Brian D’Arcy James, at the Public Theater 2012-11-16T03:00:12Z Mark Rylance cemented his status as one of the greatest living actors with this performance as Thomas Cromwell in a sumptuous prestige TV take on Hilary Mantel’s historical doorstop. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z I came to this literary doorstop with the added frisson that I was a witness at several of the events he describes. Best biographies of 2012 2012-11-29T17:00:01Z With the heft of a 10-hour mini-series or a literary doorstop, this Oscar nominee for best documentary feature — narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, speaking words taken entirely from Baldwin’s pages — is “life-altering,” Mr. Scott added. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ and ‘Victorian Slum House’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z I tell Mussard that one of my favorite objects is a doorstop made from a translucent cylinder of white crystal and the handle of a Kelly bag. T Magazine: Waste Not, Want It 2011-09-29T22:07:11Z The observation is aptly quoted in the doorstop of a catalog for “Tony Oursler: The Imponderable Archive,” a fascinating and amusing exhibition at the Hessel Museum of Art at the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z For some, the meal will end with mascarpone cheesecake or a doorstop of a Neapolitan sundae constructed by James Distefano’s pastry kitchen. A Welcome Return to Fancy (but Not Fussy) Dining, at Francie 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Lippman says customers appreciate those special editions, but if his staff misjudges demand for a certain title, he could be stuck with thousands of paper doorstops. Review | What do women want? One company is betting it comes between two covers. 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Instead, we get the hefty King James, destined, as one teacher remarked, to become a doorstop within weeks. Letters: King James Bible: revelation or doorstop? 2012-05-31T20:00:08Z Second place receives a cool rubber doorstop that looks like a big red splat of goo. Style Invitational Week 1184: Okay, choose another candidate, then 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The action is intended to demonstrate your concern and good manners, not your efficacy as a doorstop. Perspective | Miss Manners: Wine snobs don’t want to share 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z “Unlike most of the protagonists of doorstop biographies of that age, Copley found the patriot cause vexing, even terrifying,” she said. Jane Kamensky Wins Historical Society Book Prize 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Even the current gold standard for doorstop novels, the 1,100-page “A Dance with Dragons,” the most recent installment of George R.R. John Scalzi on writing great big books 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z And the sheer wealth of character and incident in Dostoyevsky’s doorstop novels also militates against natural engagement in the theater. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z Thus the Oscar will always be a trophy-case treasure, and the Golden Globe a doorstop. The Golden Globe Awards: Big Wins for Argo and Les Misérables 2013-01-14T09:59:52Z Now they looked forged, as heavy as iron doorstops. The craft that consumed me 2012-08-10T14:59:00Z The book piles on loads of scary details about what the world would be like if your computer became nothing but a doorstop and every device in America was brought to a standstill. Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Like many musicals made from doorstop novels, it cherry-picks the plot so vigorously that what’s left can hardly support the songs. ‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Additionally, while this isn't size related, the doorstop on the floor is nearly invisible, especially at night. A travel writer's guide to eating your way through Lisbon 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z This formidable doorstop by the Faulkner of East Germany can finally stop our American doors. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z After making my documentary about doorstops, I decided to continue mining the mundane for meaning. Design: Who Made That Dental Floss? 2012-10-21T07:47:04Z “The Invisible Bridge” is the third doorstop volume in this man of the left’s mission to explain the rise of the right. ‘The Invisible Bridge,’ by Rick Perlstein 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z A doorstop that celebrates the life of the experimental writer, this collection brings together over 50 examples of Gass’s work — essays, criticism, short stories and novels. New & Noteworthy 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z A wordsmith of uncommon force and fluidity, Iannucci might be one of the few writers undeterred by this doorstop of a tale about one man’s bumpy journey from infancy to middle age. ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: A Boy’s Story 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Emma threw a chunk of frozen salmon the size of a doorstop into the water, and the other otter sawed through it with remarkable efficiency. Stalking an elusive YouTube star: The adorkable red panda 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z One low-tech strategy that has worked for her: bringing a plastic doorstop to wedge underneath the door when she turns in for the evening. Portable door locks can give travelers extra comfort and protection. Here’s how to choose one. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z It takes less than a minute to install, and like a doorstop, it’s easy to uninstall under emergency conditions. Portable door locks can give travelers extra comfort and protection. Here’s how to choose one. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Click here to listen to the playlist There's also a posthumous biography of Goodman – an 800-page doorstop called Facing the Music by someone called Clay Eals. Hidden Treasures: Steve Goodman – Somebody Else's Troubles 2013-02-28T16:11:55Z Lenny's Korean fiancée, Eunice Park, has a degree in "images and retail" and considers his books to be mouldy, foul-smelling doorstops. 'America's top satirist' 2010-09-04T23:02:00Z Mr Makari’s historical account of the modern mind is a doorstop of a book. Lost soul 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z “I was in L.A. a few days ago at the hotel and all their doorstops said Hodor on them. I went, ‘Really?'” Game of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn on What Hodor Would Say to Bran 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z I went from a plush hourglass to a brick doorstop. How I became fat: “It’s tough to be a bad-ass girl in a dainty world” 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z The demand for this 800-page doorstop was nothing short of remarkable. EP Thompson: the unconventional historian 2013-03-06T15:05:11Z People have shorter attention spans, too, which means that those doorstop biographies of 400 pages can start to seem like a looming threat rather than a delicious promise. The art of biography is alive and well 2013-02-15T18:10:01Z In 2014, he published “Natchez Burning,” an 800-page doorstop that was followed by two volumes of comparable size: “The Bone Tree” and “Mississippi Blood.” Review | Greg Iles bounced back from a catastrophic car crash with a monumental trilogy. He’s not done. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Mueller’s findings were compiled in a 448-page doorstop of a report; one that, as Politico reported, even some lawmakers hadn’t fully read. Today was #MuellerTime, but did anyone at home do the reading first? 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s a doorstop, full of sound and fury, more nihilistic than Shakespeare’s original, with all the blunt and dismal machinations of a soap opera. A King Lear Set in India, Wild and Tragic as Ever 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z She told the cameraman, "My doorstop," she said casually of the Academy Award. Gwyneth Paltrow says uses her "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar as a doorstop 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z His voluminous entries were printed in the magazine and published in 1887 as “The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom,” a doorstop of a book. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z A colorful doorstop of a book offering complete scripts for every one of the show's 45 episodes, with marginalia and fun graphic details. Guide to coffee table books as holiday gifts 2012-11-13T20:19:13Z If it’s that dense, brickish type, use it as a doorstop in windy weather. Social Q’s: Hoping for a Silent Night, and Other Christmas Miracles — Social Q’s 2012-12-20T20:05:37Z It was not so filled with ads that it was a doorstop, like the flagship magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, but it was still robust. The Chaos at Condé Nast 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The subterranean space is shrouded in white muslin, and accessories such as egg-shaped doorstops are housed in what might best be described as glass-walled refrigerators. Weird, cutting edge fashion — at home in Washington It was an exhibition “that made art history” according to the title of his huge doorstop of a book, “Biennials and Beyond — Exhibitions That Made Art History, 1962-2002.” 1969 Seattle art exhibit listed as one of late 20th century’s best 2013-08-15T17:40:10Z This is the same amount that Bill Clinton earned for his 2004 doorstop, “My Life.” The election is over. Who’ll get the big contract to write the book about it? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The books’ original value, he jokes, was derived mainly from their utility as doorstops. Nobody wanted John Grisham’s first novel — but now it’s buried treasure 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z This is proven in the fact that back in the day millions of commuters enthusiastically carted around paperback versions of this doorstop around with them on public transportation, on walks and on trips. "The Stand" is barely alive enough to capture this year's "end of the world as we know it" vibe 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Now, Ackroyd has undertaken the grandest project of his career — his doorstop of doorstops. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z My sister picked the doll that covered the toilet roll, while I chose a brass nutcracker in the shape of a dog, which Harry was using as a doorstop. Family life 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z A reviewer is tempted to dismiss the former by saying that it lives up to its title and the latter by replying, “Because of doorstop tomes like yours, pal!” Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Primal Scream's Screamadelica is 20 this year, and celebrates with the inevitable doorstop reissue. There's nothing new in genre-mixing 2011-02-24T22:32:01Z “Edge of Eternity,” the latest from best-selling author Ken Follett, is the final volume in a series of doorstops called “The Century Trilogy.” ‘Edge of Eternity,’ the final installment in Ken Follett’s sweeping trilogy “It looked like a doorstop. But I can understand this format. As big as it was, it was easier for me to cut down.” Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z In recent years, Follett has turned his historical imagination in a different direction with the Century Trilogy, a series of doorstops that collectively reflect the wars, political movements and assorted catastrophes of the 20th century. Review | Ken Follett returns once again to Kingsbridge in ‘A Column of Fire’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z So when a visionary goes around asking the custodians of the record biz for its blessing in the form of 11 golden doorstops, the prestige is flowing in the wrong direction. The troublesome case of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy thirst 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The novel piles on loads of scary details about what the world would be like if your computer became nothing but a doorstop. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z There were cat portraits and dog-shaped doorstops, napkins painted with what appeared to be cabbages and a passel of walking sticks, one topped with, of course, a bunny. At Sotheby’s Interiors Auction, an Intimate Portrait of an Heiress 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Big fat doorstops of text are a daunting prospect. Jim Bob's top 10 illustrated books for adults 2010-05-05T10:32:00Z They were once used as doorstops, Mr. Walker said, but after he inherited them they sat on a bookshelf, gathering dust. This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Yet, “I’m giving you every reason not to buy this book,” he admits, gesturing at the three-pound doorstop by his elbow. How do you top ‘Hamilton’? Author Ron Chernow is about to find out. 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Standing on her doorstop in the Sherwood area of the city, another woman tells us how stolen items are sold in the neighbourhood. Shoplifter: Police need to stop people like me 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Ireland have cohesion and cunning, backed by Andy Farrell's doorstop of a playbook, as thick, intricately plotted and full of deception as a Dickens novel. 'A teetering World Cup poised to thrill' 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z How many copies of that 1,050-page doorstop actually got read? QAnon 2.0: "Sound of Freedom" and the rise of MAGA vigilantism 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Mrs Lawler said she used the ornament as "an occasional doorstop" and almost threw it away when she moved house. Ming vase used as £8.50 doorstop in Essex sells for £3,400 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z UPS profits have soared since the pandemic began in 2020 as millions of Americans grew to rely on delivery to their doorstops. Saying strike is “imminent,” UPS gets a Friday deadline from union to come up with a better contract 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s a ground-brushing piece of narrative fruit that Hallberg — not a paragon of restraint — managed to resist in his doorstop tome. Page to Screen: John Cameron Mitchell brings the spark to 'City on Fire' on Apple TV+ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Attorneys general have been photographed with towering stacks of documents, hoisting doorstop publications that are the product of years of research and interviews. What the Latest Investigations Into Catholic Church Sex Abuse Mean 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Weighing 75 pounds and measuring 29 inches tall, this oversize gnome works well as dashing decor or a doorstop. Whimsical, funny, vulgar: A brief history of the garden gnome 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z In his father’s library, he found a copy of “Ulysses,” another doorstop by Joyce, that set his life on its trajectory. For painter Bill Hill, literature, art and life swirl in the same air 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z An animal welfare charity is urging Londoners not to abandon their pets after seeing a sharp increase in the number of cats and dogs being left on their doorstop. ‘I skipped meals so I could feed my cat’ 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z This ridge acts like a doorstop, creating back pressure that holds the ice shelf together. Antarctica’s Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z "Simple as it may sound, bringing a doorstop could make it much easier to make friends in the first few days of uni," says Tom. Five things to take to university - and one to avoid 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z I’ll pick up the Sunday Times, which is at the doorstop. How a Wine Writer Spends Her Sundays 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Nearer the coast, Ben Bulben dominates the landscape, jutting from the earth like a great doorstop. A road trip through Yeats country in County Sligo, Ireland 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They also described an effort they had been making to improve sleep in the unit by limiting disruptive noise at night — unnecessary monitor alarms, janitorial services, the clank of doors against metal doorstops. The Quest by Circadian Medicine to Make the Most of Our Body Clocks 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Analysts say the threat of China on Australia's doorstop isn't about invasion; it's about much more immediate short-term concerns, such as Beijing improving intelligence gathering and monitoring. China gains a foothold in Australia's backyard 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z She paints portraits of people’s homes, focusing on one modest detail — a doorstop, a newel post or the fringed trim of a curtain. Anne Tyler’s ‘French Braid’ captures the avoidances and silences of family life 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In a sense, Dugin’s 600-page doorstop can be boiled down to one idea: The wrong alliance won World War II. If only Hitler had not invaded Russia, Britain could have been broken. Opinion | The man known as ‘Putin’s brain’ envisions the splitting of Europe — and the fall of China 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z James has come a long way since that day his dad bought him a tiny snowboard for $10 from a shop that was using it as a doorstop. In private halfpipe, Aussie boarder schemes for Beijing gold 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Others liken it to a doorstop on wheels. Nostalgia Plus Time Equals a New Breed of Collectible Cars 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z By turns bawdy and poignant, the series marked a kaleidoscopic alternative to the giant, doorstop literary anthologies published by W.W. Russ Kick, writer, editor and ‘rogue transparency activist,’ dies at 52 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z He used them as doorstops for his greenhouse and a shed he has. He found an intact headstone buried in his Seattle backyard. You might, too 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z "Simple as it may sound, bringing a doorstop could make it much easier to make friends in the first few days of uni," says Tom Allingham, from website Save the Student. Five things take to university - and one to avoid 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The installations, unveiled last week, include an oversize rendering of Rome’s ubiquitous drinking fountains and a giant wooden doorstop, acclaiming Rome as an open city. Rome Finds There’s No Accounting for Taste, Artistic or Culinary 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z “It just showed up at my doorstop in a smaller size,” said Jewsbury, 44, of Collingswood, New Jersey, who estimated the change would set him back more than $240 a year. One way companies are concealing higher prices: Smaller packages 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z There are doorstop biographies, and then there are appreciations. Review: Vibrant new portrait of artist Helen Frankenthaler 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Later, he turned up at my doorstop wanting to tidy my room. Surviving rape: 'I'd watch TV and start feeling sick' 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z In fact he does seem to have tried that for a while, producing doorstop novels like “Chronic City” and “Dissident Gardens.” It's the twilight of the Jonathans, and Jonathan Lethem feels fine 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z This is the Dodgers’ third trip to the doorstop of a championship in four years. Clayton Kershaw and Mookie Betts lead a dominant Dodgers win to open the World Series 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z They outlasted Atlanta to return to the doorstop of a championship. Dodgers and Rays agree: Don't diminish the 2020 World Series because of oddities 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z As well as making the life-sized sculpture, he also raffled off a "burn picture", created by scorching a wooden board, of Capt Tom in his army days, together with other items including mugs and doorstops. Chainsaw carving of Captain Tom raises £7K 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Between starts - bestselling novels often thick enough to be doorstops - he works in the bullpen, writing novellas. Review: ‘If It Bleeds’ gives Stephen King fans 4 new stories 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Can you help me fix a closet door that wants to always shut on its own without having to use a doorstop? Perspective | How to maintain the integrity of your toilet’s O-ring 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Ramesh continued, “Well, something went wrong, obviously. And we mass-produced 11 million doorstops.” Some disassembly required 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “One’s a doorstop, one’s to hit burglars with and one I keep by the bed to ... it’s just the right shape and size,” he said. 2020 Golden Globes preview: Our forecast for Sunday's show 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z We no longer use it as a doorstop. The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z For now, Republican lawmakers may use the 300-page document as a doorstop, but it will still be there after the 2020 election. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z On a brisk day in November, the doors of a number of buildings had been propped open with crude doorstops, making facial scans unnecessary. A Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z He repeats the steps to get the chair over the next hurdle, the doorstop. Two D.C. brothers, two errant bullets and a family forever changed 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z With explosions of power, the cars tore into the first turn, a swarm of flying doorstops, and the earth trembled. Calling Danger at the Grandview Speedway 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z I gave a brief doorstop with Boris Johnson ... half an hour ago and I was ruling out that there will be any kind of prolongation. Brexit: Juncker says EU won't back further extension, implying MPs must choose this deal or no deal – live news 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z His students haven’t had to lug home those doorstops in years. Perspective | This teacher won’t use textbooks. His students succeed despite that — or maybe because of it. 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z I lift up King’s doorstop of a book not to bludgeon this movie, but rather to draw a crucial distinction in form, approach and effect. Review: ‘Pet Sematary’ digs up a Stephen King classic with mixed, mechanical results 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Then came the 9/11 Commission Report, a doorstop of nearly six hundred pages, written in what the Post called the “ultra-spare, purposely unemotional—yet quietly seething—language of American pain.” Robert Mueller, Best-Seller? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He called the 570-page bill a “doorstop” and said it was the “defining product” of House Democrats’ plans. Mitch McConnell: Democrats’ election overhaul bill won’t get Senate vote 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Food Bread in all forms: big doorstops of sourdough; white bread for bacon sandwiches; bread and butter pudding; warm salty bread straight out of the oven. Alice Levine: ‘Living with a British nationalist for a week is like the weirdest friend exchange ever’ 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z He initially refused the statue, and then promised to use it as a doorstop. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z And I think people have grown up on doorstop fantasies, right? Author Myke Cole talks about fantasy book The Killing Light 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Its scope is Dickensian—it’s a kaleidoscopic, coke-spiked “Our Mutual Friend”—and, in the demands it makes on the reader, it calls to mind postmodern doorstops like “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “Infinite Jest.” Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z And her characters — with us for only a few pages, but as lasting in impression as those from a doorstop novel — catapult this book into greatness. The 10 best comics of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z He took it home where his parents promptly began using the odd, heavy object as a doorstop. Is there an actual gold mine under Charlotte? 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The prepublication life of Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being, a short introduction that had become a doorstop, shows the poet at a molten point of creativity. How Shakespeare's 'blood cult’ became Ted Hughes’s fatal obsession 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z And, by the way, I’m not trashing doorstop fantasies. Author Myke Cole talks about fantasy book The Killing Light 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z David Mazurek says he took his doorstop to the university for examination in January, after seeing reports of meteorite pieces selling for thousands of dollars. Man uses meteorite as doorstop, finds out it's worth $100G 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z David Mazurek says he took his doorstop to the university for examination after seeing reports in January of meteorite pieces selling for thousands of dollars. Doorstop turns out to be meteorite worth $100K 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z If even a maligned calamity like Batman v Superman can make nearly $900m worldwide, it’s fair to say they don’t need the leg-up that an ornamental bookend or doorstop can bring. An Oscar for best blockbuster? Isn’t all the money enough any more? | Ryan Gilbey 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z A maintenance manager checked every knob, outlet, spout, latch, doorstop, lightbulb, blind and appliance. Special Report: Spiders, sewage and fees - the other side of... 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z China, alarmed at the prospect of a growing U.S. military presence on its doorstop, nudged North Korea back to the negotiating table. The Trade Wars of 2018: An Alternate History 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z This shelf then acts as a doorstop that pushes back against the glacier’s flow. Antarctic Quest Seeks to Predict the Fate of a Linchpin Glacier 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z After Parkland, the fiscal court rightly held meetings to examine the possibility of purchasing super-tough doorstops and others that darken or toughen windows. Kentucky editorial roundup 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z He was in Borders bookshop – that’s how long ago it was – looking for some holiday reading when he stumbled across Ron Chernow’s doorstop biography of Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘Hamilton is an insane idea, but the story works’ 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z I don’t deny that this is a thicket of complex questions, which would require a legislative doorstop and many judicial rulings to untangle. Surveillance capitalism: why governments should protect us from big tech 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Though it would suffice as one, it is not a doorstop. The most distinctive book in golf history - Golf Digest 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The 4.7-pound, 1,424-page doorstop that focused on the city’s first three centuries won the Pulitzer Prize and was instantly hailed as a definitive history. Man of ‘Gotham’ Returns 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z One concern about the doorstop devices is they could prevent law enforcement from getting into classrooms if needed. Kentucky editorial roundup 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z A household staple - and handy doorstop - for years, Yellow Pages was known for its advertisements, among them the JR Hartley classic and the one featuring a hungover teenager in desperate need of a French polisher. Yellow Pages to stop printing directory after 51-year run - BBC News 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Once it did humble duty as a doorstop in his study. Gary Beban is in a class by himself: The only UCLA player to win the Heisman Trophy 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z One of his key proposals is a simplification of the Labour Code, a 3,600-page doorstop of a book that regulates every aspect of employment relations. President Macron: Does he have what it takes to reform France? - BBC News 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Once, visiting Salaam at his home, a friend saw the trophy being used as a doorstop. The Long, Lonely Fall of a Heisman Trophy Winner 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Iames would collect old lumber to build skis, lawn ornaments and doorstops to earn extra money as a child. Stick-built ships part of Cumberland window display program 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Although they didn’t set out to fill their house with mostly teenage boys, that’s the type of child that seems to land on their doorstop most often. For Christmas, couple gives the gift of family to 8 kids 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z As soon as one substance is banned, chemists synthesize slightly different, and technically legal, molecules and sell that substance online, delivery to U.S. doorstops guaranteed. ‘I’ve got to figure out what this is’: DEA chemists race to ID deadly new synthetic opioids 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z As soon as one substance is banned, chemists synthesize slightly different, and technically legal, molecules and sell that substance online, delivery to U.S. doorstops guaranteed . DEA chemists race to identify ever-changing synthetic drugs 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z But there will be plenty of drama when it comes to the rest of the state’s doorstop of an election ballot. California Today: What to Watch For on Election Day 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z And then, there are days when we feel less ambitious; when we want to immerse ourselves in someone’s life, but can’t quite summon the intestinal fortitude to crack the spine of a doorstop. ‘Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life’: Short but masterful take on the filmmaker’s life and works 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z His doorstop of a magnum opus, “Morals and Dogma,” is pretty much unreadable by modern audiences. Why is Confederate general Albert Pike memorialized at Judiciary Square? 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Half a dozen Western naval powers are conducting the R&D needed to build these, according to Eric Wertheim, author of the US Naval Institute’s reference doorstop “Combat Fleets of the World”. Seek, but shall ye find? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z This novel has all the hallmarks of a dense, intriguing and exciting doorstop fantasy novel that will be sure to entertain you while you’re waiting for the next George R.R. New Adventures: all the best science fiction and fantasy books coming out in August 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Fans of the show have paid homage to Hodor by sticking photographs of his face on 'hold the door' buttons in elevators and doorstops. 'Game of Thrones' cast tight-lipped at Comic-Con; Hodor steals spotlight 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z To contribute to the world beyond the author’s immediate circle, a PhD thesis should be read and used, and not just serve as a shelf ornament or doorstop. The past, present and future of the PhD thesis 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Imagine a doorstop wedged in a door hinge. Mets Exercise Patience as Matz and Syndergaard Deal With Elbow Spurs 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Once in office, the VP under Clinton will be a doorstop. Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But the video indicates the drones need more space than just a doorstop and possibly even a wide open backyard, free of trees, telephone wires or other obstacles. Amazon’s Delivery Drones: Where Will They Land? 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z For a monthly cost, you sign up for a box of goodies that is delivered to your doorstop each month. Subscription Boxes That Save You Money 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z France’s labour code, a fat red doorstop of a book, runs to 3,809 pages, 45% longer than ten years ago. François Hollande’s Rhine journey 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It’s a pity both are so long – the book is a doorstop, and the documentary series takes six hours to watch. What I Hope Everyone Learns From PBS' Big Cancer Documentary 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Or should they read that phrase in relation to the rest of this doorstop of a law, whose survival clearly relies on the availability of subsidies in every exchange in every state? Obamacare Goes to the Supreme Court 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Every week a lifetime, a muted lifetime, a lifetime in which sadness, always wedged under her breast like a doorstop, lost some of its bite. Edith Pearlman: Fabulist, Realist 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z My family owns a number of truly malevolent-looking doorstops for which this seems to be the only explanation. Why is holiday gift-giving so hard? 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z This is how enamored Howard was with the rocks: He used one as a doorstop until it got in his way. At Clemson’s Stadium, a Rock, a Hard Place 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z They had set horseshoes into the doorstop and skulls into an altar-like niche. Take To The Andean Mountains: Rio Sagrado 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Internet start-ups modeled after Amazon offer doorstop delivery of Dell laptops and Mama Gold Rice. The Ebola outbreak is not just a human tragedy. It’s also an economic one. One hotel - the Fairhaven - has its porch gate propped open with a tartan doorstop, embroidered with a Scottie dog. Beside the sea-Clyde 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z For anybody that isn't a hacker, the device became little more than a doorstop in May 2013, when a Google Play Music update broke compatibility between Android devices and the Nexus Q. Google is building a hardware empire, and this is what it looks like 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z It survived the Great Depression by catering to the rich, creating cast iron lawn gnomes and painted doorstops in the shape of dogs. America's Last King of Cast Iron Finds His Time Has Come Again 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z During the year, he said, “we used them as doorstops. Literally. The thicker ones, we used them as doorstops.” Unrequired reading: Congress requires reports that it doesn’t bother looking at 2014-05-04T01:09:33Z Streetlights don’t work; a cell phone is discarded; a computer keyboard is used for a doorstop. REVIEW: Transcendence Has Only Artificial Intelligence 2014-04-16T19:00:26Z There it is being used a doorstop; there it is snuggled up with a stranger in bed. Is It Solipsistic in Here, or Is It Just Me? 2014-03-12T17:22:25Z “If the individual were to reproduce the entire doorstop, including the print and carvings, the original manufacturer may be able to bring a successful claim for copyright infringement,” he says. New 3D Scanner Could Kick Off Copyright Wars 2013-08-23T10:08:00Z “Legacy” publishing does best in the first category: it commands the advances needed for research, the editing talent to shape the writing and the marketing muscle to distribute those doorstop biographies on Father’s Day. Op-Ed Contributor: Book Publishing’s Big Gamble 2013-07-10T01:00:09Z While informed readers are unlikely to confuse the likes of Broadwell with the the authors of definitive, years-in-the-making, doorstop “lives,” the biographical profession is at least slightly besmirched by the scandal. How Paula Broadwell wronged her readers 2012-11-13T14:36:00Z He is said to have removed doorstops in the Forbidden City so that he could cycle around, but that is another story. China's favourite barbarian, Kublai Khan 2012-10-09T00:03:46Z It's a doorstop of a thing, over 700 pages, and you nearly need to be a shot putter to carry it around. IHT Rendezvous: An Olympian Effort: A New Chinese Dictionary 2012-08-05T03:54:03Z It was a fragment of an ancient marble column, and we used it as a doorstop. Lives: Looted for Love 2012-06-22T21:50:00Z Except for when I occasionally need a sturdy doorstop. Can Microsoft's Surface show us what tablets are really for? 2012-06-19T15:51:20Z “For a lot of people out there, the C.P.A.P. machine turns into a doorstop,” said Dr. Joseph Golish, the former chief of sleep medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. Well: To Treat Sleep Apnea, Some Shed a Mask 2012-04-09T20:59:41Z Most use faster solid-state memory and come with just as much RAM as those full-size doorstops. Kiss It Goodbye: 8 Old Gadgets to Dump 2012-01-27T22:54:28Z The story goes that his family used the nugget as a doorstop until a jeweler bought it for $3.50, said Kenneth Taylor, North Carolina's chief geologist. South Carolina mine sparks mini-gold rush 2011-10-15T15:51:29Z They are somewhat like doorstops, and their speeded erosion could, possibly, let far greater volumes of ice sitting above sea level shifting toward the sea. Dot Earth: On Edge-Pushing Statistics and Climate Basics 2011-02-10T16:44:48Z The 815-page doorstop reminds me a lot of its author: it's got an authoritarian edge and don't-blame-me refrain to it that wears pretty thin, just as Rumsfeld did when he was running the Pentagon. Donald Rumsfeld's Memoir: Secretary of Defensive 2011-02-08T16:30:21Z It was so sloppy and unconvincing that it killed the genre for a few years; it's a 700-page doorstop by a one-time AEI scholar that no one cites today. This week in crazy: Dinesh D'Souza 2010-09-18T15:01:00Z If they're a few years old, they're dumb doorstops, fatally lacking in the correct plugs and without the "smart" technology that allows utilities and consumers to remotely monitor their performance. Costco's New Electric Car Opportunity 2010-08-30T19:00:00Z A few years ago someone called the Fire Department in Beverly, Mass., after realizing that a friend’s doorstop was a tank shell. Souvenirs From War: Stay Back 2010-08-16T00:50:00Z A rock that most of us would relegate to doorstop duty is a veritable zoo to an ecologist. Creepy Crawlies and Lady Gaga Heads 2010-08-06T21:11:00Z Suffice it to say that to characterize Carl’s book as anything other than anti-Moses is to say you never ready this doorstop of a tome. Answers About the Legacy of Robert Moses, Part 3 2010-05-14T18:56:00Z The residential White Pages, those inches-thick tomes of fine-print telephone listings that may be most useful as doorstops, could stop landing with a thud on doorsteps across New York later this year. Verizon Asks to End White Pages for All in N.Y. 2010-05-08T02:23:00Z He glanced around the room, and his eyes fell on a heavy stone doorstop. The Eyes Have It I should've used that to hold the door open, but it's way the hell the other side of the roof, and I'd been really pleased with my little pebbly doorstop. Eastern Standard Tribe We halted to look at the little image, and at that moment the side door opened, and a woman came out on to the doorstop, where she stood gazing up and down the street. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Thus engaged, he heard footsteps outside, footsteps on the gravel, footsteps on the doorstop. Blind Love Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 Then he put it on the rim of the chest in such a position that if the lid were to fall it would be stopped by the doorstop. The Eyes Have It The heavy outer lid swung forward and down of its own accord, moving with blurring speed, and slammed viciously against the doorstop. The Eyes Have It |
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