Word: gorgeous
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...waters - more urgent, not less so. I happened to be in Alaska the week Sarah Palin was introduced to the world, and around me I saw the America I had grown up on: full of open space and possibility, blessed with great oil reserves and immigrants from everywhere, scenically gorgeous - but tied to the go-it-alone spirit of a "last frontier." It looked as much like the America of my boyhood as Hawaii and the burger joint looked like the America of tomorrow. The kids next to us in the North Shore shack seemed much less concerned with where...
Democrat or Republican, all were welcome to a cookie in the bright sunshine of a gorgeous autumn day. One man enjoying the festive atmosphere, Kasey Denbleyker, allowed that he reluctantly chose John McCain after much vascillation. "I barely voted for him," he said. For the most part, though, this normally quiet polling place was swamped with Obama supporters, black and white, young and old. A volunteer attorney for Obama was on hand in case of difficulties or irregularities, though everything seemed to be going smoothly. "I felt blessed and privileged," Denbleyker said. "There's no security, no machine guns...
...South Korean won lost 52% of its value against the dollar. Things haven't gotten that bad yet in 2008, but there are still plenty of sudden bargains in the Land of Morning Calm, long an unjustly ignored travel destination. Bewildering Seoul boasts dramatic mountains, spicy street food and gorgeous royal palaces. Beyond the capital - where almost half the country lives - South Korea has arty port cities like Busan and cultural centers like Gwangju. And anywhere in the country you can get soju - the potent rice wine that will enable you to forget the recession, along with everything else...
...call “WTF moments,” like when Stacey poops on the cameraman during a shoot or when Brandon, the gay porn star from the high school reunion, discusses his recent revelation that his boyfriend’s anus has become “a gorgeous orchid.” If there’s one takeaway from this film, it’s that some things just shouldn’t go together. Kevin Smith should stick to convenience stores and apocalyptic storylines involving Alanis Morissette as God. Seth Rogen should continue writing and starring...
...Wasilla is a tragedy, Shakespearean in scope—there’s a gorgeous natural environment with a relentless assault of strip malls,” Howk said in an interview last week. “Wasilla is one big road that cuts through town and there’s a grocery store and a Wal-Mart...and a strip mall...