Word: lavishly
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...toilet is accentuated by its hand-crafted wooden seat, a throne designed according to the highest standards of excellence and comfort. It is defined by a leveraged flushing box, floating majestically above the seat and operated by a lavish gold side-chain. The bowl itself is adorned with intricate etchings, carved by a skilled New England craftsman. As one rests upon the seat, attending to those bodily neccessities that occupy a small part of everyone’s day, one is pleasantly surprised to reach for the iron cast toilet paper holder, aside which sits a feature we all have...
Jakes may be able to pack a stadium with his preaching, but that seems to be the only similarity he has with Billy Graham. Jakes justifies his lavish lifestyle by saying that Jesus "must have been rich to support his disciples." May Jakes put his emphasis on the plain preaching of the Gospel of Christ rather than on "ornate call-and-response cues and dramatic eruptions." Have we not had enough disappointments from those wealthy televangelist preachers of the 1980s? L. HOYT GRIFFITH Wirtz...
...effort to combat this, Jackson spent an unprecedented sum of money to force open the arms of the world to receive him again. 1995 saw the biggest publicity campaign ever mounted, Jackson’s deep-seated insecurities once again driving him to create an over-the-top lavish spectacle. A statue of Jackson was floated down the Thames, while the artist himself donned military garb and led troopers in advertisements to promote HIStory: Past Present & Future—Book 1, a two-CD set of his greatest hits and new material. The first single, “Scream?...
...what constitutes normal? In the past, Hollywood has dealt with devastation in different ways. Screwball comedies and lavish MGM musicals entertained destitute Depression-era audiences, and World War II brought a slew of patriotic and nationalistic films. Diversion was the key. As socially minded protagonist John Sullivan (Joel McCrea) realizes in Preston Sturges’ classic satire Sullivan’s Travels (1941), there wasn’t any shame in choosing to direct a silly film (Ants In Your Pants—the sequel) as opposed to a more somber choice (O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
...endless caves, like the recently discovered Tam Cung: three cathedral chambers housing great stalagmites bunched together like organ-pipes. Sheltered by the islands are fishermen's huts, pearl farms and even a primary school, all balanced on gently rocking rafts. From the shore these are overlooked by the more lavish weekend homes of the pearl-farm owners and Hanoi's growing middle class. But even the seaborne settlements of lashed sampans seem to have all they needed, from yapping guard-dogs to televisions. These are people at home...