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...sportier couch potatoes there is a TV in the shape of a leather soccer ball, one dressed as a New York Yankees baseball and another with a golf-ball texture. The Fantasy range, designed for kids, includes Bugs Bunny and Disney themes. But it's the cuddly sets that really boggle the eye, with a menagerie of soft (and washable) animals, including a sheep, a teddy bear and a dog. And why not? No one ever said TVs should be seen and not furred. www.hannspree.com
...most profitable operations," says Sawiris, 50, sprawled on a leather chair in Orascom Telecom's ornate Paris office. "I take a lot of risks, but calculated risks." Now Sawiris stands on the edge of his biggest gamble, and it's not in an unstable country. This month he closed a massive $15.6 billion deal with the Italian utility Enel to acquire a 62% stake in its mobile-phone network, Wind. Sawiris borrowed more than $12 billion...
...dust and blood and stone. In the jolting opening scene, the villainous Fire-wind's (Sun Hong-lei) army mows through an innocent town with all the subtlety of a chain saw. Dressed like members of some death-metal rock band, complete with pale white makeup and black leather body armor, the bad guys decapitate and dismember with glee, wielding savage hooks and spears. Tsui's camera lingers on slashed throats and chopped hands twitching in the dirt. Even the good guys use massive medieval swords with serrated edges, weapons that seem better suited to Conan the Barbarian than elegant...
...under Cinema de Lux, which was based on a Los Angeles prototype called the Bridges. At the sleek, modern cinema, couples cozy up around lamplit tables in the hip Lounge 12 bar, sipping themed cocktails tied to current movies. Seats in the VIP Directors' Halls, $15 on weekends, are leather. In one auditorium, a comedian warms up the crowd and gives away movie T shirts...
...eventually started carrying my strappy leather contraptions to and from work every day. Certainly this arrangement was more comfortable, but that didn’t stop me from feeling hopelessly out of it in the elevator every morning. Inevitably, I’d pull up to a corner only to find I’d parked my flip flops next to a smart set of Manolo Blahniks. I could feel every eye in the elevator staring with pity down at me and would shrink in provincial shyness against the wall...