Word: fairing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that is blown across the Central Asian steppes by winter winds, shedding seeds, leaves and branches as it goes. The English-language equivalent is tumbleweed, which certainly describes the book's tragically displaced heroine, Kaja, and in a sense the work itself. The talk of the 2000 Frankfurt Book Fair, Kuraj won a yurtful of literary prizes after it first appeared in Italy in the same year. Subsequent translations have charmed critics in France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain. Newly published in English, it comes with a map of the many trans-Caucasian journeys recounted, plus a glossary...
...provide deaf people with a vital link to the world. And despite President Yushchenko's dismissal of his government amid allegations of corruption, she still believes the orange revolution will succeed: Ukraine will overcome corruption; the economy will grow; and next March's parliamentary elections will be free and fair. "Would I do it again? No, never," Dmitruk says, conceding that, though morally justified, what she did was a breach of company policy. "Am I sorry that I did it? Not one little bit, nor will I ever be. It was all worth...
...later grew to appreciate this sound, after a fashion. But apprehension grew when I heard about “In the Heart of the Moon,” a collaboration between Diabaté and another one of my beloved Afro-bluesmen, Ali Farka Touré. I gave it a fair chance. And partly because I knew what to expect this time, and partly because these two are a much better fit, I liked this album from the start...
...recruiting seems to offer a golden-plated archway to endless riches, but I can tell you it has more than its fair share of annoyances. For one, attending three to five hours of meetings each night for several weeks is pretty intolerable. It’s even worse when you have to watch people you once respected grovel at the feet of first-year analysts at these companies, salivating like rabid dogs and pouncing at the first sliver of a business card emerging from their target’s pocket. Collecting that business card is all important because it means...
Wright-Swadel said that OCS, which serves the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has included military recruiters at its career fair for at least a decade...