Word: chrome
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fantastical fiery glow and Anthony Praff's production design is, by inappropriate turns, marvelous and ridiculous. For instance, most of his medieval castles have a finely detailed primordial look, but his contrast to these palaces, the new and civilized Camelot, is a high-tech Xanadu full of glass and chrome and parapets that look like they're made of aluminum...
Only when they get to their "real homeland" of Africa will Blacks be able to achieve any real political power, Tumah said. "We can say to General Motors, if you don't treat your Black workers better, we're not going to give you any chrome to make your cars," he added...
...peaceful quiet sleep, A vision came unbidden to his head: He saw the birds that fly, the beasts that creep, He saw the teeming living and the dead. Surveying all, he looked first to the north And at the pole, he caught sight of a gleam; A Cadillac in chrome was riding forth, Pulled by a twelve-man transition team. "What can this mean?" asks Bok of his stern guide, Who answers thus in Slavic-sounding voice: "This year a new man takes the Yuletide ride, Delivering gifts to rich and poor--rejoice!" Bok looks puzzled, turns and asks...
...writing is clean, disinfected. Everybody says his prose shines; as usual, everybody is right. But it's the comfortable shine of a well-oiled set of carpenter's tools, fresh from a whetstone. No dancing hot shine of flame, nc shine of the evening ahead playing off fender chrome...
...strongest sign of the new acceptance of male cosmetics is the surge in male facials. At Georgette Klinger's mirror-and-chrome emporium on Manhattan's Madison Avenue, men now account for 20% of business. All day long a stream of admen, lawyers and bankers settle back in plush barber chairs to have their faces anointed and cleansed with an exotic array of creams, masks and steam baths...