Word: effortless
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bride and Prejudice is certainly no masterpiece, but it doesn’t try to be. However, it’s more than merely a cinematic joyride with an ethnic traveling circus. Through a seemingly effortless marriage of disparate elements from the East and West, Chadha establishes it as a very sophisticated and sensitive film...
...Pakistan, is forced to leave Lahore for India and to start over again. A special program for blind children sends him to America; there, a wealthy woman becomes his patron and sponsors his studies. Mehta's calm, unhurried prose captures the fable-like events of his life. His effortless description of how good and evil things just happen to him and how he manages to cope as best as he can is the principal charm of his memoirs. In All for Love, about his love affairs, women walk into his life, announce that they love him; then they announce that...
...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for—a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A’s. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, “Illustrate;” “Be specific;’ etc.? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there...
...lessons I took from my experiences and the stories, poems and spiritual teachings that helped guide my life. I asked my daughter Hana to write them down. I hope they will inspire others. What is it like to live with Parkinson's? Now the things that once were so effortless--my strong voice and the quickness of my movements--are more difficult. But I get up every day and try to live life to the fullest because each day is a gift from God. There are people counting on me, and I don't want to let them down. What...
...that kind of thing much anymore, but when he does, you can feel the ambivalence from the band, and so can he. They want the rock star." Native Son was rewritten, stripped of politics and retitled Vertigo. Gradually, it emerged as the most rousing--and ironically, seemingly effortless--opener of U2's career...