Word: length
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other's ruff is scribbled in white paint, and his eye is made to shine with a pure black highlight. This picture rested on an altar, and when the priest said mass, he would be on the same level - and almost in the same space - as the waist-length donor figures at the foot of the cross. El Greco's portraits are simply presented: a pale central figure looks straight out from darkness. Jerónimo de Cevallos (ca. 1610) has an immense, casually sketched-in white ruff and sable-hued clothes. There's a possibility that the subject...
...women who endured slavery in this country, only one wrote a book-length account of her life. Her name was Harriet Jacobs, and her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, has one of the more satisfyingly tart closing lines in American literature. Instead of ending with marriage, she writes, "Reader, my story ends with freedom." But Jacobs' story--and the lives of other women who had been enslaved--did not end with freedom. Nor did their troubles...
...after the success of Toy Story 2, Pixar creative head John Lasseter wanted to make Toy Story 3. Disney refused, unless the film would not count as one of the five included in the Pixar-Disney deal. That left Lasseter and Jobs fuming. They were also annoyed by the length of the talks, during which weeks would go by with no response from Disney. A deal was "eminently doable, had it gone quickly," insists a Pixar insider. Jobs, knowing other studios would jump at a chance to get in business with Pixar (Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are considered...
...When she did get control, she played perfect drop shots and perfect length,” said Hendricks, who refereed the match. “But it was hard for her to get there...
...celebrate (and, of course, exploit) the 40th anniversary of their conquest of America, Apple Corps will reissue on Feb. 3 the feature-length documentary The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, with a 51-min. add-on of outtakes and reminiscences. The original film, a cinema verite record of the group's tour by Albert and David Maysles, is a brisk rough sketch of A Hard Day's Night, which the boys started making later that month. Same dashing from train to limo to photo op to TV stage. Same use of wit as armor against imprisonment and ennui...