Words & Wordplay - December 2007

hello there!
can someone explain me "commercially driven"?the sentence in which i found it is: "She condemns it as a hopeless striving for unobtainable ideals of conventional beauty, culturally sanctioned and commercially driven."
can someone explain me the meaning of COMMERCIALLY DRIVEN pls?
it means proposed by the commerce?...something like that?..
thnx
merry xmas!
melody

2007-12-18 03:15:51 · 4 answers · asked by melody 3

2007-12-18 02:47:31 · 6 answers · asked by Fixitphil 3

1. my manager requested me to work overtime.
2. my manager made a request to me to work overtime.

2007-12-18 02:33:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am having trouble recalling this particular word.

The definition is something like: "to have a large degree of autonomy in deciding".
For example, a police officer is given great xxxx in deciding if a citizen should be taken to jail, based on the officer's judgment of the situation.

What word am I describing?

Thank you.

2007-12-18 02:28:04 · 4 answers · asked by American Dreamer 1

2007-12-18 02:24:03 · 37 answers · asked by masonv80 3

2007-12-18 01:55:36 · 5 answers · asked by kameronnasirov 1

Must start with:

My crazy old Uncle named Ray

2007-12-18 01:20:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Must start with:

Said the teacher one day to her class

2007-12-18 01:15:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Said the gal to her newly wed groom

2007-12-18 01:10:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

There once was a hunter named Green

2007-12-18 01:06:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 01:06:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a young man from France

2007-12-18 01:05:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 21:38:13 · 13 answers · asked by jeyas 1

2007-12-17 21:23:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anna 2

or barrientos or box

2007-12-17 17:51:45 · 6 answers · asked by bianki 1

bage? baj? baje? (baysh) you know the color like tan.. i cant figure out how to spell it correctly plz help is it beige?

2007-12-17 17:30:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 16:13:57 · 6 answers · asked by Toxicity69 3

"Kyrie among nations"
I looked it up in the dictionary, but it dosn't make sense to me. What does this phrase mean?

2007-12-17 15:41:45 · 7 answers · asked by m173627 5

CAN YOU TELL ME MORE [EXAMPLE:L.O.L.=LAUGH OUT LOUD] AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR.

2007-12-17 14:57:37 · 5 answers · asked by Teri 3

I think it means :I'm telling the truth", but some of the other students in my ASL class say differently. I hope that someone is able to settle this debate before the holidays as school ends on Dec 20th and most of the students won't be in the next semester. Thank you

2007-12-17 14:45:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What DO YOU THINK is the most overused word starting with the letter G?

2007-12-17 14:22:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 14:01:52 · 4 answers · asked by pink4evry1 1

This is for college applications, I just want to sift through some 'impressive' words and see if they apply to my character

2007-12-17 13:55:10 · 2 answers · asked by pamoberst 2

2007-12-17 13:54:15 · 5 answers · asked by pamoberst 2

that starts with letter N or G

2007-12-17 13:52:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Are you on speed?"

2007-12-17 13:42:10 · 13 answers · asked by Melinda=] 1

"Not only is it substantial to conduct this experiment because of the aforementioned relevance, but also because we so often seek exigent weather information and it only makes sense to obtain the gratification faster through the knowledge of these results."

*Does it make sense?
*Is there anyway I can make it into two sentences?
*Any suggestions to make it better?

Can't wait to give you TEN points! =]

2007-12-17 13:40:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 13:31:27 · 15 answers · asked by Monsieur Recital Vinyliste 6

2007-12-17 13:31:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 13:29:34 · 2 answers · asked by Juju 2