Word: garished
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...unaware that people who were not clowns actually wore bowties. Now, it seems that every time I walk to class I am confronted by some man wearing a bow tie whistling a piano sonata. It’s very strange. Harvard kids also seem to prefer their bowties in garish prints, like green with pink polka dots, or some mildly ironic permutation on traditionally preppy graphic themes, like embroidered anchors...
...visitor to Kabul is struck by the relative normality of the place, the absence of the barbed wire, blast walls and paranoia that have become familiar in Baghdad. The roads bustle with traffic--the number of cars in Kabul has tripled since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Garish new building projects loom over some of Kabul's oldest, poorest slums, dramatizing the extent to which the country is beginning to emerge from decades of underdevelopment. A late-afternoon walk through Shar-i-Naw Park offers a glimpse of the country's transformation: while Afghan boys play volleyball...
Nadal is James Dean to Federer's Cary Grant. With his shoulder-length hair, garish Capri pants (he will ditch them for the Open, he promises), sleeveless shirts that show off biceps that bulge like the Pyrenees, and hit-and-grunt technique, Nadal is the loudest player on tour. "He's like the bulls running down the street in [Pamplona]," says Bollettieri. "The bulls are going to run over every goddam thing--houses, anything." Another Nadal trademark is the leaping fist-pump; he leaves no emotion in the locker room. "This is who I am," he says. "I do what...
...paint one wing a bright blue, and the other an equally radiant white. The two bodies of paint meet in a momentous curve that swoops from the South wing’s top floor to the base of the North wing. In a capital city full of garish wonders, Sayansi must surely occupy a top spot. Perhaps, though, the decoration was merely a way of declaring, “I must be reckoned with,” which is surely true in my instance.So, I enter the building and proceed into the appropriate office. It is absolutely frigid...
...rent Atlantic City--known for day-tripping seniors, nickel slots and giveaway buffets--in an attempt to reinvent the resort town as a Las Vegas--style destination packed with shows, shops and celebrity chefs. The folks in Jersey see no reason why Vegas should have a lock on garish spectacle and conspicuous spending...