Word: handfuls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ensure marriage rights for same-sex couples, we believe that it is far more likely that same-sex couples will be treated equally under Obama’s watch, should a case involving the Defense of Marriage Act make it to the federal court system. On the other hand, the vocal support given to Governor Palin (and, by extension, Senator McCain) by the intolerant and extremist representatives of the religious Right is particularly worrisome. For too long, these demagogues of bigotry and anti-intellectual skepticism have dominated the discourse in American politics; it is time that Senator Obama restore...
...very creepy and powerful effect, especially when coupled with the woman’s rag-like clothing. Here’s the story: the wife waits on the shore as her gnarled fisherman husband is eaten by a spiny fish after the two duel in a maelstrom (conveyed by hands with cut-out lighting bolts attached). All the while, Feist gasps out soft narrative lyrics interspersed with an eerie harmony. After her husband is swallowed, the wife dons a retro-science fiction swim apparatus to search for him. Although the ending is ambiguous, the candle that has lit the scene...
...predicament nor any sort of remorse at the death of his co-worker. Rather, in true company-first fashion, his boss bursts out in anger, “Why the hell didn’t you get the film off him first?!” On the other hand, in “The Last Smoker,” the narrator defiantly rebels against convention. He continues to smoke cigarettes even when health officials and the public argue violently against it. Most other nations have already given up smoking, and, in the story, many Japanese perceive the fact that cigarettes...
...iconic photo he took of Winston Churchill during one of the former Prime Minister’s visits to Canada. Churchill gazes sternly out of the print. His unrelenting spirit leaps from the image in the lines of his face, in the powerful position of his stance, one hand on his hip, the other on his cane. The radiant suggestion of a halo playing about his head is a perfect example of Karsh’s use of light: most of his subjects are surrounded by dark backgrounds. Yet this use of light reaches into the luminary aspect...
...stand next to Holder, and a small sticky hand slips into mine...