Word: bump
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...swanning courtiers in Pontormo or Parmigianino, most of them as slender as greyhounds, are nothing like El Greco's rough-cut saints, famished men with skin the color of split timber and stiff robes draped around them like crumpled fenders. And while the Mannerist palette, all that coy bump and grind of pink and yellow, is calculated sometimes to startle, the explosive oddity of El Greco is something else altogether. In his magnificent late canvas The Adoration of the Shepherds, the yellows and crimson, acid green and purple, jammed together to ecstatic effect, are so artificial that they give parts...
...Bergman and Lingman hit an unexpected bump in the road during the semifinal round. The Gophers’ doubles team of Buergis and Nischela Reddy exacted a measure of revenge for Bergman’s three-set semifinal victory over Buergis, rubbing out the favorites...
...laughed in his face about this demand. I sure as hell wasn’t going to bump my head on his bunk every morning. So his passive-aggressive attacks continued. He took long showers so that I couldn’t make it to class on time. He stole my toothpaste and used my toothbrush. He held raging keggers night after night. And no matter how many times HUPD broke up the party, his friends would stagger back insisting on their right to return...
Guitar Center hopes to avoid the growing pains that often plague expanding businesses. Albertson says he expects a bump in his customer base in the near future. After dropping for decades, the population of men ages 15 to 29, the chain's prime customers, is projected to rise 6% by 2010. The company is expanding its pro-audio selection and is exploring opening stores in Canada and Britain...
...restaurants serve daily, 33% of the company that supplies the smoked salmon and other prepared foods, and 50% of the condiment supplier. All the Costes establishments are obliged to buy from these suppliers, no matter which member of the extended family is the majority shareholder. That's a nice bump to the bottom line when the €10 slice of chocolate cake at Georges costs a little more than €2 to make. A string of restaurants where the food isn't the point, where the marketing plan and the look and feel of the room matter more than what...