Word: blisse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After two terms as head of the Joint Chiefs, Bradley later joined the Bulova Watch Co. and served as its chairman from 1958 until stepping down in 1973. The old soldier spent his last four years at Fort Bliss in Texas, where he sometimes lectured on leadership. In accepting West Point's highest honor, the Sylvanus Thayer Award, in 1973, Bradley reflected on the low prestige of the military after the Viet Nam War. "The profession of arms is often a lonely profession. It is misunderstood by many. My wife has called me a warrior who hates...
Those Drinking Days is a passionate blend: part autobiography, part confessional, part sketches of famous alcoholic writers and part sermon on the dangers of "Drunkspeare ... its bird song and purling ravishment, bliss of self-love...
POLITICS AND RHETORIC live in symbiotic bliss. Insofar as the emotive phrase sways the voter's heart more than the substantive argument, good speechmakers rank among the nation's most valuable political commodities. As the most updated guide to the ultra-conservative's galaxy, The New Right is the wor'd according to a master of the discipline. Direct-mail magnate Richard Viguerie has diversified and converted his seductive brand of extremist politics into pulp form. The New Right is tailored to become the bible of the conservative movement...
...Thompson with 50 rounds of ammo rents for $26. Given the Thompson's firing rate of 30 rounds per 2 sec., the gunner gets less than four seconds' worth of ear-battering bliss. Entrepreneur Day is permitted by federal authorities to sell the machine guns, which cost from $500 to $3,000. For better or worse, he has found 100 buyers in three years. Day, who is convinced that the U.S. faces an impending wave of terrorism, also believes that machine-gun slinging will find nationwide acceptance as a sport. "People go bowling or skiing or skydiving...
...Kelly. Within two years he was offered a scholarship by the prestigious Joffrey school in New York City. Seven months later he became an alternate member of the Joffrey II troupe, and last fall made his debut as a regular member. "His improvement is phenomenal," says Company Director Sally Bliss. "Ron has no tension in his dancing and incredible concentration. I think he's really going to make it." Concurs Anna Kisselgoff, chief dance critic for the New York Times: "You don't have to be a Republican to tell that Ron Reagan is a very talented dancer...