The Web of desire: On any given day, Craigslist is a compendium of what we...

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  August 15, 2006 ;     787 words ...Byline: Abigail Tucker Aug. 15--We want to rescue ailing hermit crabs. We want to swap a 10-foot wooden ladder for topsoil. We want General Mills to sell Lucky Charms marshmallows separate from the cereal. We want a pretty tennis partner. We want...

`THAT'S ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, MAYBE WHAT WE ALL WANT'; IF BEST OF...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 23, 1997 ;     611 words ...Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY What do I want for Christmas? Not much. Just the best of times back for a visit. That's all. I want to fly down the street on my Schwinn chasing...after we've finished our paper routes. I want to be on a couch Christmas Eve holding...

I Want To Be a Man.(Poem)

Prairie Schooner;  September 22, 2001 ;   Saiser, Marjorie;   235 words ...I want my voice deep out of my chest, like water...dissolved in it. A good-looking man, why not. I want excellent teeth. The angle of my cap rakish...the hell not? Tough skin, like leather. I want a beard. I want shirts. I want biceps. I want...

want

Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage;    ROBERT ALLEN;   316 words ...want verb. 1. Want is of Norse origin and came into English in the 13C. The dominant meaning...desire or wish for’ ( Tom wants a computer for Christmas / What do you want to do now? ), and a range of earlier meanings equivalent to ‘to lack...

COMMENTARY\To want to be a Packers-backer cheesehead, not a...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  January 14, 1996 ;     713 words ...Byline: Art Thiel Seattle Post-Intelligencer I want to be a cheesehead. I want to be a cheesehead because that's what they call...cheese. Dairy cows produce other things, but I don't want to be called that. Although, in this job, I have...

For WANT of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was...

The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;    JENNIFER SPEAKE;   289 words ...For WANT of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost The proverb is found in a number of forms. Cf. late 15th-cent. Fr. par ung seul clou perd on ung bon cheval , by just one nail one...

What we want from a man

New Pittsburgh Courier;  March 27, 1999 ;   M, Sonya;   787 words ...What we want from a man (Part two of 10-part series) It...that has stumped men for ages. What do women want from men? The answer is not as complicated...that revealed a common thread in what women want from men. It may sound old-fashioned or mundane...

The fallout Bhoys; We want out: Riordan, above, and Balde want to end...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 31, 2007 ;     647 words ......striker DerekRiordan both declared they want to quit the Hoops in January. Riordan admitted...happens inJanuary basically... I don't want to sit on the bench. 'I have not had a...Asked about a move he stated: 'Idon't want a loan deal. I would rather just go away...

It's OK to want to protect U.S. jobs [Derived Headline]

The Intelligencer;  November 7, 2007 ;     787 words ...It's OK to want to protect U.S. jobs "Sticks and stones may break...protecting things that are precious to us. We all want to protect our homes from being invaded by a robber. Parents want to protect their children from predators in person...

All we want for CHRISTMAS*; * plus a few things you need not waste your...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  December 22, 2005 ;     787 words ......Sperling and Radhika Deshmukh 4 I really want clothes because I love dressing up for...others' compliments. 8 I really do not want throw blankets because I have a ton in...my senior year in high school. 8 I don't want any child to be without a gift for Christmas...

ou Wouldn't Want Series.(You Wouldn't Want to Sail with Christopher...

Reviewer's Bookwatch;  November 1, 2004 ;   Bennett, Diana;   725 words ...You Wouldn't Want Series Illustrated by David Antram Franklin...book 32 pgs, Hardback $26.50 You Wouldn't Want to Sail With Christopher Columbus by Fiona Macdonald ISBN# 0531123553 You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th-Century Whaling Ship by...

I want! I want! I want!

New Straits Times;  December 21, 2000 ;   Caroline Yap;   668 words ...Caroline Yap New Straits Times 12-21-2000 I want! I want! I want! Byline: Caroline Yap Edition: The City Advertiser; 2* Section: Festive Fair Memo: (STF) - Parents need to be firm...

What today's workers really want.

Supervision;  December 1, 2002 ;   Ramsey, Robert D.;   787 words ...All supervisors and managers want to attract and retain the best possible...actually understand what today's workers want most? Or do they just think they know...commitments anymore. What today's employees want most is a battery of intangibles that...

I don't want to be a dead hero, thanks.(News)

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  October 5, 2008 ;     482 words ...Byline: GEORGE TYNDALE THE Conservatives want to help us to have a go at criminals. Well...out in blood and pain that what we do not want from our politicians is offers of a bit...we treat them gently, that is. What we want are guarantees that when our coppers are...

Kos and effect; GREEK ISLAND HAS EVERYTHING YOU'D WANT.(Features)

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  October 5, 2008 ;     787 words ......venture out into the real world. If you don't want to laze about on its private beach or around...divide. As a rule of thumb, head east if you want to party and west to chill out. The nearest...Cooking, a small, family-run taverna. If you want to liven things up after dinner try bars...