Word: glorious
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...glory of Little Honey is less its poetry than its ability to sustain happiness as a mood. There is Williams' glorious voice, of course--cracking in the verses and lubricating the choruses of "Tears of Joy"; drolly channeling Tammy Wynette to Elvis Costello's George Jones on "Jailhouse Tears"--but the critical decision was to make this a guitar-dominated album. It's not just that it's the warmest instrument in rock, country and blues (Williams' favorite playgrounds) but that Doug Pettibone is the best unknown guitarist in all three. On song after song, Pettibone's six-string acts...
...people who gave us the glorious Gchat are about to take away another one of everyone’s favorite things...
...rural areas, Spelman detailed the visibility of the “trappings of luxury” in Shanghai, as well as the “huge change” they have represented. “The mentality is to be a successful entrepreneur—to get rich is glorious, and those who do so achieve national progress,” he said. Spelman, now retired, also discussed how the personal values of the Chinese have been affected by profound social and political change, the trajectory of China’s political and economic structure, and how the United States...
...honor Columbus’ daring as we search out the far reaches of space and of human possibility.” It is only in the past two decades that indigenous peoples and revisionist historians have objected to the celebration of Columbus Day, calling attention to the less-than-glorious eradication of the Indians that began when Columbus claimed the Caribbean islands for Spain. In Venezuela, Columbus was literally toppled on Columbus Day of 2004, when young protestors tore down a prominent Columbus statue and dragged it through the streets of Caracas. In Denver, Native Americans have been dutifully protesting...
...hurt and failure. Speed is everything, since the survey tests automatic associations. When respondents are told to link the desirable traits to whites and the undesirable ones to blacks, their fingers fairly fly on the keys. When the task is switched, with whites being labeled failures and blacks called glorious, fingers slow considerably, a sure sign the brain is struggling...