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...SLAVIC LEGACY. Straddling Europe and Asia, Russians have never been sure whether to view themselves as a Western or Eastern society. Judging from Cyrillic-lettered Coca-Cola signs and Barbie doll billboards in Moscow these days, the Westernizers seem to have the upper hand in their century-long debate with the Slavophiles. Government ministers and parliamentarians constantly refer to the way the Dutch milk cows, the Americans collect taxes and the Germans dispose of garbage, as if Western practice is the standard by which everything must now be judged. As cultural historian James Billington notes in his book The Icon...
...similar thing in the beginning of the novel where there's this whole thing with the sambo doll and then the black doll that she doesn't want. It isn't that she doesn't want the black doll; it's that she wanted a doll with hair. So what if it was black--it just wasn't physically well-made. That's what she's reacting to. Of course it's misinterpreted as that carte blanche idea that she's ashamed of being black...
...same, although a little uneven. "Charlotte Anne" (say it fast) presents a sadder, gentler Julian, singing "The sound you bring is an antiquated thing/ So please don't look to me for guidance" over airy keyboards and a martial beat. The inclusion of the string-sodden "China Doll" is inexplicable...
...least expect it/Will you try and reject it." The naughty little form/context twist is that at standard club volume, the fat bass line under this song does physically invade your body. Other audio tricks abound. "Bye Bye Baby," for instance, whips Madonna's voice into a studio-distorted baby doll. The album also features a foray "Deeper and Deeper" into discoland, as well as a paean to oral sex in "Where Life Begins." And if you ever wondered what "Justify My Love" would sound like over a house beat, it's here on "Waiting...
...thought at first it was a doll's head," says Helmut Simon, the German tourist who spotted the Iceman on Sept. 19, 1991, while on an Alpine walking trip with his wife. On closer inspection, however, they realized that the head and shoulders protruding from the Similaun glacier were human, and seeing a hole in back of the skull, suspected foul play. Hurrying to a hikers' shelter to report their find, they set in motion a series of blunders that nearly deprived the world of a priceless treasure...