Search Details

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


Usage:

...life among the Tolstoyans plays out as a parallel to Leo's. Arriving at their woodsy compound, Valentin cheerfully observes that it's a beautiful day. "Yes, but we'll pay for it," says the grumpy Sergeyenko (Patrick Kennedy). Except for a carnal handywoman named Masha (Kerry Condon), who serves as a mini-Sofya to Valentin's mini-Leo, the Tolstoyans are too busy trying to adhere to their standards - vegetarianism, living off the land, practicing celibacy - to appreciate either a beautiful day or the fact that Tolstoy himself doesn't live up to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Station: Two Stars Enact Tolstoy's Final Days | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...resorting to the blunt instrument of raising interest rates, ING sees GDP returning to its trend growth of 10% next year. The Shanghai index now "rests two standard deviations below the trend line that starts in early November 2008, which we consider strong support," says ING chief economist Tim Condon. "We do not expect the support to be broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why China's Stock Market Bubble Is Fizzling | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...trippy invitation to dance set to a carnival beat, and “The Forest” has a drum and horn-filled ending that lends it a satisfying hard edge. The globally-minded elements put her in the company of fellow folk-rocker Zach Condon of Beirut: tasteful sampling from a wide range of musical influences without ever seeming like world-music kitsch. “(a)spera” ends with “While We Have the Sun,” featuring a tingling melody on a kalimba, underlining Mirah’s capacity to make pure...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mirah | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...future. “It should be cheaper than United,” she said. The San-Francisco-based company decided to start flying out of Boston because “it is a top destination from the San Francisco Bay Area and also LAX” said Patricia Condon, a spokeswoman for Virgin America. For the airline’s maiden flight from San Francisco to Boston, Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals—in drag as usual–welcomed the travelers on arrival. The Pudding’s plan was to give their signature kiss...

Author: By Kristi J. bradford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Virgin America Comes to Logan | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...Hoping to zazz up what has been a predictable show with precipitously declining ratings in the U.S. in recent years, the Academy gave the job to producers Bill Condon and Larry Mark, the men behind the Oscar-winning movie Dreamgirls. They commissioned Aussie director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) to confect an elaborate production number proclaiming the Musical Is Back. They also trotted out a retinue of Oscar-winning royalty - Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine, Robert De Niro and Anthony Hopkins - to give individual tributes to the nominees in the acting categories; the ploy was sweet at first but ultimately laborious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reflections on Oscar: Bollywood Takes Hollywood | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next