Word: crystallic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...renovation of the Beau Rivage by parent company, MGM Mirage, brings the company's total investment in Biloxi to more than $1 billion, says Nourse. He also credits Mississippi's approval of land-based gaming for helping to green-light their future plans for the area. "Every one's crystal ball here is somewhat cloudy, but with each passing month it's getting a little clearer," says Nourse. "You are seeing more and more interest in Mississippi by the big gaming players. Ultimately, I think it will mean fewer actual casinos in number but larger and more luxurious properties...
...thin, frigid air at the summit of the extinct volcano Mauna Kea. At an altitude of nearly 14,000 ft., the observatory sits well above the cloud deck. Live video-camera images piped down to the Waimea control room show white domes silhouetted against a fading but crystal-clear...
...there) nearly brings the show to a stop. For that matter, the whole self-referential, show-about-doing-a-show conceit (see The Drowsy Chaperone and off-Broadway's [Title of Show]) is in danger of becoming a clich? of its own. For all the earnest sentimentality of Billy Crystal's one-man show 700 Sundays (which Alan Zweibel, a contributor to Short's show, also helped write), at least it had the virtue of being about something...
...been slow. Seems like everybody's doing about 30 percent of the business they were doing pre-Katrina," says Tom Mullen, whose grandmother founded the French Quarter psychic reading shop Bottom of the Cup Tea Room back in 1929. On a display shelf in the shop, next to the crystal balls and good-fortune candles, are packets of incense that promise to "Cleanse Negativity" and restore "Peace and Balance...
Every Mediterranean seaside destination has its own particular appeal: the soft sands of Mykonos, cliffside views in Portofino, non-stop nightlife in St. Tropez. The tiny island of Lampedusa, the southernmost dot on Italy's map, is prized above all for the crystal clarity of its turquoise waters. But this same stretch of Mediterranean is rapidly acquiring a much darker notoriety. Once again this summer, as both Italian and foreign sun-lovers soak up their beach holidays, boatloads of would-be immigrants from North Africa have been aiming for Lampedusa's coastline in a desperate attempt to reach European shores...