Search Details

Word: blood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...fashion industry. The exhibit pays homage not only to Kangol hats and shiny suits, but also to prominent black designers such as Tracy Reese and models such as Iman. In addition, artists such as Nas, Lupe Fiasco, and Kanye West have taken a commendable first step to vilify blood diamonds in a culture that often glorifies extraordinarily flashy jewelry...

Author: By Kimberly D. Williams and Alexandra C. Wood, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: The Politics Of Black Style | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

...lack of a better word - Osbournesque, as in shockrocker Ozzy Osbourn, not the playwright John Osborne. The first time I saw a gallero stick the bloody head of a wounded rooster in his mouth, suck on it like a popsicle, and then spit out a thick stream of chicken blood, I thought the combination of beer and sun was playing feverish games with my head. Across the arena I saw my friend Jon's face, and he had the same open-mouth-lost-gringo expression that I imagined my face was showing. No one else seemed surprised by what they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is that a Rooster in Your Mouth? | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

Presented that way, taking statins sounds like less of a no-brainer--especially given that the drugs cost hundreds of dollars a year, side effects could include liver and muscle damage and you have to take twice-yearly blood tests just in case. Still, factored out over the entire U.S. population, even a 1-in-50 figure means many thousands of heart attacks are avoided every year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine's Secret Stat | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...enchanting to watch—both cinematically and spiritually. In a working class neighborhood of Madrid, Raimunda (Cruz) is completely dedicated her family, yet she is married to an unpleasant alcoholic. When Raimunda returns home from work one day to find her husband dead in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, she learns that her daughter (Yohana Cobo) had stabbed him in an effort to prevent him from raping her. Immediately, Raimunda conceals the murder by cleaning the blood from the floor and hiding the body. Meanwhile, an element of the supernatural appears in the form of Irene...

Author: By Michelle L Cronin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Almodovar’s ‘Volver’ Worth Returning To | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...board and attacked the lawyers. "I keep a positive attitude," Li said, but inevitably such experiences "shake my belief in the legal system of this country." Then Li showed me a picture someone had taken of him after the beating. His entire head and faced were covered in blood. I asked if I could have a copy, but he declined. "It would be too sad," for people to see the picture, he said. "I am working to promote the law but the law cannot even protect me. And I cannot protect my clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chinese Activist Lost in the System | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 350 | 351 | 352 | 353 | 354 | 355 | 356 | 357 | 358 | 359 | 360 | 361 | 362 | 363 | 364 | 365 | 366 | 367 | 368 | 369 | 370 | Next