Word: maids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...like to see the John Harvard statue dressed up? Micahel T. Henderson ’11: Bikini, something President Faust would wear, Sarah Palin Alex B. Cohn ’10: 1970s Black Panter activist, miniature pig breeder, FOP Tana Jambadorj ’11: Willy Wonka, French maid, cowboy Nicholas A. Noyer ’09: Peter Shields’ extra-small t-shirt from his Harvard Carnival performance, the finale costumes from “A Chorus Line,” standard Primal Screen attire Michelle M. Parilo ’10: Mickey Mouse, Santa Clause, a Crimson...
...what does his Bible look like? Purportedly a photographic record of his sold-out concerts in London last year, it's actually a lush myth-making exercise. Prince consorts with sexy twins, wears fabulous coats, jewelry and sunglasses and has a game of cat and mouse with a maid. He reveals nothing, offering instead a fantasy creature: a nocturnal, poetic avatar. Is the book an attempt to get people to pay $50 for the companion CD of Princely after-hours recordings, Indigo Nights, or to elevate music to a new luxury item? As Prince might say, that...
...Finally, through these mild French send-offs and bureaucratic forms of address, I had joined the ranks of the Metro Meter Maid. Phrase by phrase, rule by rule, I built my own bureaucracy...
...improbability of her happiness. To think that Viscount Frederick, always so devoted to his ancestral manse, would suddenly bow to his wife’s request that they go to Italy now, immediately, at once. The couple had brought along only Roxanna, Viscountess Felicity’s personal maid. Their departure had been strange. Felicity had developed a sudden fear of horses, and she refused to ride or even to be driven in a carriage. So Roxanna followed Felicity on foot to the train station. Every time a horseman passed them, Felicity had shivered uncontrollably.Now they had spent two months...
When I get to my apartment, I find Suman, the maid who does the cleaning in my building, waiting outside the door. The price of lentils, a key component of most Indian meals, has surged in the past few months. She hasn't been able to increase her rates yet, so she has had to take an additional cleaning job to make sure there is enough food at home. She will have to leave my apartment sooner every day; she hopes I will not dismiss her for this...