Word: glorious
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...before they will elect a bald man. The U.S. has had more than five bald Presidents, but Americans haven't voted one into office in 51 years, when Dwight Eisenhower won a second term over Adlai Stevenson--the second consecutive election in which two bald men went head to glorious head...
...senior last weekend, when he missed his chance to score one of Florida’s richest bitches due to incessant cuddling with his straight male roommate…SPOTTED: Spurned sorority girl rigging costume contest at Halloween party to deny her ex, who attended with another member, the glorious title of champion. Is there a prize for sad? And who are we? That’s a secret we’ll never tell…(p.s. we?...
...Steichen is credited with creating the first fashion photographs, for an article on the French designer Paul Poiret commissioned by the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911. Pages from the magazine are on display, with the models looking stiff despite their glorious capes and dresses. Contrast these wooden images with the imaginative fashion shots of Steichen's later years, like White, a classy composition of three women and a horse. One of the exhibition's surprises is a silent publicity film, Edward Steichen, America's Foremost Photographer, showing the cigar-smoking, three-piece-suited artiste surrounded by assistants...
Victory is always glorious, but it has a singular sting for Spanish athletes who stand up to receive their gold medals and championship trophies: their national anthem has no lyrics. "For years we've been hearing from athletes that they feel a little lame up there on the podium," says Alejandro Blanco, president of Spain's Olympics Committee. "All they can do is sing along with 'la la la.'" In an attempt to rectify the situation, the Committee, working with the Society of Authors and Writers, has opened a contest to put words to the Spanish national anthem. The winning...
...Clive Owen’s Sir Walter Raleigh—stirs a rebellious and simultaneously vulnerable streak in Elizabeth. Most striking about the two films are their portrayals of Elizabeth as a breathing, feeling, and mortal being. Because history credits her reign as one of the most prosperous and glorious of England’s past, the embarrassingly naïve and volatile young Elizabeth from the first film brings a fresh element of realism to the legend of the personality. In this second film, however, Elizabeth is vulnerable in a different way: she has to work to govern herself...