Word: masterful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
DiCaprio says that Damon and Wahlberg were both very helpful and supportive in his transformation to a Bostonian. In addition to spending time with a man from South Boston to master the distinct accent, DiCaprio immersed himself in the history and culture of the city...
Dara Horn ’99, GSAS ’06 in her second novel “The World to Come,” no doubt cast Ben in the role of trivia-master for several reasons. He is a grown-up child prodigy, and is struggling to rediscover that knowledgeable ease that he outgrew along with his high school clothes and adolescent scoliosis. He is small and unassuming, and needs a way to express his strength. But perhaps the most important reason is that Horn’s entire book is built on questions behind questions, on stories...
...word “nigger.” This word came tripping not off of the tongue of our professor, but from a white classmate, in the midst of a comment on a joke that a slave (the “nigger” in question) told to his master. This came as such a shock to everyone not simply because of the obvious conflict between the race of the commenter and the word itself, but because up until that point, no one—neither the professor nor any other student—had referred to the slave that...
...Three D's of Fashion • The Master of Mood • Dressing like a Goddess • Where Some Designers Get Their Ideas • Signature Looks • Creating the Mirage...
...Three D's of Fashion • The Master of Mood • Dressing like a Goddess • Where Some Designers Get Their Ideas • Signature Looks • Creating the Mirage...