Word: baring
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last fall, the bulk of McCain's online staff had been let go; his bare-bones website was the technological equivalent of a soapbox-derby car on a busy freeway. The McCain blog has been infrequently updated, many organizational tools were absent, and the social-networking feature, called McCainSpace, was left unfinished, with a note for supporters to "stay tuned." Even today, if you go to McCain's website, you are more likely than not to find a page that just asks for money and broadcasts the campaign's message, with issue papers, press releases and videos...
Experiencing the future as Branson imagines it will cost you less than $300, the price of a bare-bones economy ticket between Los Angeles and New York City on one of Virgin America's 149-seat A320s. The planes are new, and the leather seats are comfortable enough for sleeping, even in coach. There are power outlets at every seat. The most profound change, though, doesn't look like much of an improvement at first. Like many U.S. carriers, Virgin America charges for food in economy class. But flight attendants don't dole it out from a cart like gruel...
...turning the tie right side out--take about an hour. "The flexibility to reproduce something if it's doing well or to not produce a lot of something if we don't know it's going to do well has a benefit on top of the bare cost of producing that one tie," says Del Vecchio. "We can get things in three days if we want to. China could never do that...
...candlelight flickered dimly on Viscountess Felicity Fabreigh’s bare shoulders as she sat at her dressing table. The lacy rufflage of her peignoir did little to conceal her ample and forsaken bosom. (Did a heart still beat inside those temples of flesh? she wondered, as another glass of brandy seared her throat...
...nobody I / was me.” In “Fidelity,” Grace Paley’s newest and last book, Paley is completely comfortable with her identity and feels free to speak frankly. Written shortly before her death at 84, the collection lays bare all aspects of Paley’s life and concisely presents her thoughts on a wide range of subjects. While some of this subject matter can seem simplistic, Paley’s voice keeps the collection engaging, her personal sensitivity and honesty suffusing everything and unifying the work. She exposes her entire...