Word: luster
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bigger challenge has been to try to reposition Gucci's clothing lines. With her first collection, she followed her devil-may-care instincts and showed sophisticated and feminine 1940s-inspired tea dresses, an abrupt move away from Ford's overt sexuality. Since then, some retailers felt the clothing lacked luster. "It's never an easy thing, following a strong designer at a brand that has a strong identity," says Ann Stordahl, executive vice president of women's apparel at Neiman Marcus. "But I think Frida has worked to add a feminine aspect to the Gucci brand...
...that, along with his weird and salutary ability to burrow into any character, he is a great line-reader - a crucial asset to a script with the welter of exposition that Sorkin's has (along with many big laughs and even more subversive ones). Roberts gets to parade her luster in evening gowns and bikinis; she amps up the cunning warmth, and we note only in passing that in early middle-age she's starting to frost over into Glenn Close. Hanks, liberated from playing anguished do-gooders, unlocks a lot of raffish energy and gets that famous whine...
...that figuring out how to restore Citi's luster in the face of a halting economy has left him speechless. After 15 years of mostly flush times and five of downright bingeing, the business of lending may have run into a wall, at least in the U.S. Household debt grew almost three times faster than income from 2000 to 2006. Now the country appears to be tapped out, and a recession may result. Neither of those things is good news for Citigroup...
...biggest rivalry. It’s a week where you don’t really have to do as much motivating, because our kids know that Princeton’s a big game.”While this year’s matchup doesn’t have the luster of two teams bringing 5-0 records to the field, as last year’s contest did, there are still serious Ivy implications for both teams. The Tigers, the defending Ivy League co-champions, dropped a conference game in a 33-24 loss to Brown last week. Princeton will...
...almost instinctive understanding of language, forming sentences that were simultaneously lyrical and rough. They seemed to read themselves; the words leapt off the page and hovered in the air. When Johnson turns his attention to a longer narrative his authorial gifts are still very much present, but their luster is dimmed.He remains extremely capable of crafting images that burn themselves into your imagination. His earliest are his best: A just-shipped-over seaman callously shoots a monkey, only to realize that the monkey, in its death throes, is crying. “Its breath came out in sobs, and tears...