Word: blushful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...simple and merciful reason that mankind has had practically no experience from which to make judgments and predictions with any certitude. In the final analysis, answering some of the most elementary questions is largely a matter of guesswork, intuition and ideological?almost theological?conviction. Even what might at first blush seem to be matters of objective fact, established by empirical evidence, turn out to be elusive...
...this seems confusing at first blush, consider a few preliminary facts: Since 1931, Britain has not exercised any influence in Canada beyond, well, stirring the loyalists with a Royal Wedding or two. And since 1931, Canadian governments have tried unsuccessfully to hammer out an indigenous constitution acceptable both to the federal branch and the provincial branch. Trudeau, a former lawyer who has held power with the federal Liberals for all but a few months in the past 14 years, has long dreamed of enshrining a civil Bill of rights together with a constitution the country can call...
...evening's only resuscitative presence is Claudette Colbert. At 78, she seems to have discovered the elixir of agelessness. Her looks are unflawed and her low come-hither voice purrs with enchantment. The precision of Colbert's timing would make a watch blush. Her role is that of a hugely successful writer of mystery thrillers and the owner of $15 million worth of paintings. In one wall is a camouflaged walk-in vault that can snap to and be drained of oxygen in 17 seconds. Don't bet that it won't be used...
...appellate court judges and Supreme Court Justices, President Reagan beamed with pride. Looking intently at O'Connor, the President affirmed that the nation demands of judges "a wisdom that knows no time, has no prejudice and wants no other reward." O'Connor did not blanch or blush...
...hormonal imbalance who shouts his love to every woman he meets and whose boyish-girlish looks in turn enchant all the women around him. Atkinson turns this romantic dreamer with ideals dripping from his doublet into a sort of Dennis the Menace of the ancien regime. At first blush, you can't help wondering how this marginally pubescent page would go about kissing one of his idols--he'd have to spit out his bubblegum first. But Atkinson's verve and charm finally overcome the improbability of her characterization to make it a high point of the production...