Word: carmens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Legions of retiring baby boomers, troubled by the high cost of living--and aging--at home, are venturing far south of Florida and Arizona to make their golden years extra mellow. Although places like Playa del Carmen and Cancún in Mexico have long been retirement havens, ever venturesome boomers are settling deeper into Central America, lured there as much by the laid-back ethos as by the lush forests and beckoning beaches. Costa Rica alone, according to the foreign-retiree association Casa Canada in San José, plays host to 50,000 Americans. That migration has spawned a real estate boom...
...best of which has to be the opening jam to “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” At women’s hockey games this season, loyal fans, subjected to the squad’s at times anemic offense, could be forgiven for overhearing in the trumpet wails a slight lyrical variation—“Where In The World Is Nicole Corriero...
...steel was restricted in Italy, that genius really struck. Desperate to replace the rationed materials, Ferragamo came up with the idea of filling the heels of his shoes with cork and wood, creating the wedge. The platform sandal soon followed, becoming a favorite among leading ladies, including Lauren Bacall, Carmen Miranda and Audrey Hepburn, many of whom longed for a stylish lift. (Marilyn Monroe special-ordered her platforms at over 4 in.) Today the platform and the wedge are best sellers for labels as diverse as Prada and Escada. And the Ferragamo brand, still walking tall, continues to reintroduce...
...show's most uncomfortable scenes involve the use of the word nigger. Bruno announces that he can't wait for some racist to call him the name; it never happens, but he and Carmen hear the word dozens of times when they visit a black comedy club. Meanwhile, Nick, who says he has never been affected by racism, tells a group of white friends who know he's black that he doesn't care if they use the word, to his parents' mortification. (Nick and Rose's lack of racial baggage will strike viewers as either hopeful or naive...
...would be nice to say that the families end up celebrating their differences and commending each other's bravery. They don't; Brian and Carmen still say they're disappointed that the other couple wasn't more open to their perspective. But it would be too bad if viewers decide the lesson of Black. White. is that it's safest not to talk about race at all. If the show teaches anything, it's that race is unignorably dyed into the American experience. And no amount of cold cream can wash...