Word: aura
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...When I turned to your invention of the Year [Nov. 10], my eye fell upon a beautiful young woman wrapped in a closely typed aura of sheer unpredictability; so I thought it wise to put the record straight. My wife got there first - decades ago. Peter Terry, Johannesburg...
...rule, you don't eat fast food? The last time I did was like 2004, long before I did this work. If you go and sit in one of these restaurants for several hours or if you visit a lot of them, there's just kind of a real aura of misery and unhappiness - both in the place and the folks coming in and out. It's striking compared to other restaurants. I think that's what influenced me more than anything...
...whole new audience in its pernicious spell. But it seems that “Gossip Girl” (or, at least, “Gossip Girl” copycatting) has decided to re-infect the literary world. A number of recent novel covers seem to evoke a certain aura of Upper East Side teen girl-dom, almost as if to say, “Spotted: a novel you might enjoy!” WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell A delicate, raven-haired young woman applies lipstick as she peers fearfully into the darkness that surrounds...
...While Hannah has a personal emotional connection to all of his work, he says that no one experience has more importance than another. When he sees one of his shows at a new gallery for the first time, he says, he is pleased with the overall aura of the exhibit. Though his pictures have differing subjects, they all possess a similar sense of personal reminiscence. “I am always struck by how consistent it feels, like I knew what I wanted to do. But it never feels like that when I am painting a work, because life...
There are many observers who don't buy Plouffe's spin. They view the move into McCain's home turf as simply a tactical way to bait him to spend precious time and resources in the last few days, all the while boosting the aura of inevitability around Obama. And the Democratic nominee can certainly afford it. But Arizona Democrats insist they truly do have a legitimate shot at winning here. "Obama has taken us up to the 30-yard line. Now it's our job to get the field goal," says Maria Weeg, executive director of the Arizona Democratic...