Word: desertic
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...fight in the desert for 50 years if all it takes to make a deal is a U.S. president in a hurry. And Temple Mount, the sticking point at Camp David in July, looks like the contested high ground this time around...
...sensation Survivor was all about downsizing. Sixteen people voted one another off a desert island until the last one claimed $1 million. So how could anyone but the corporate trainer have won it? Richard Hatch used group-management skills to build protective alliances, describing his plan to viewers with the glee of a dinner-theater Iago. He was confidence embodied. At 250 lbs. before island life slimmed him down--SurvivorSucks.com dubbed him "Machiabelly"--he had no problem strutting around camp in the buff. Hatch attributed his pluck partly to being openly gay in a straight man's world...
...This can be tricky, though, because it's hard to maintain holiday cheer when, say, Baroness von Blixen contracts syphilis in Out of Africa. Or when you come home from the war scenes in 1990's Havana and then watch Marines on the news spending Christmas in the Saudi desert before bombing Iraq. And Nixon, like Nixon, was kind of a bummer...
...into intricate, elegant and seemingly impossible designs. In her words, she is "open to enchantment" and takes inspiration from the grandeur of nature and the traditional crafts of Borneo. Her playful, bold, futuristic design sense produces pieces that are edgy and abstract, yet lyrical and sensuous. Showcases lined with desert litter, sand and slate display jewelry with names like Sea King, Pillow or Little Devil. Morris's newest Organic limited edition of wearable art pieces includes rings representing fire and water, massive bands set with cabochon stones or carved with geometric symbols, open-work sculpted cuffs and graceful pendants. Trying...
...developed the Work 14 years ago, after suffering from depression, alcoholism and eating disorders. While lying on the floor of a halfway-house attic, she suddenly achieved a sense of "clarity," realizing her troubles stemmed from relating "outward" to the world. She began holding informal sessions at her Mojave Desert home, and word spread of her teachings. Supported by donations and sales of audiotapes and videos from her base in Manhattan Beach, Calif., Katie travels the globe as host to workshops for corporate managers and bring her message to everyone from prison inmates to abused children. "I just know that...