Word: messes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...mess with the nunsThe press pool was in the charge of a nun, attired in blue, who could not conceive of ABC's Ann Compton taking a laptop into the palace. The reporters had been told to bring their stuff with them because they would be running to catch the motorcade as Mrs. Bush departed. "Leave it to a colleague outside," the nun said insistently. "You don't need a computer." Finally, the nun did away with diplomacy and said, "There is no way." An Associated Press reporter from Rome asked about a tape recorder. "Absolutely no recorder...
With such built-in conflicts, executive coaching is a "total, chaotic mess," says Kenneth Eisold, a psychologist. But Eisold says his commodity-trader clients can already see a difference. "When they talk to me, they listen to themselves," Eisold says, "and they trade much better...
...team dresses the characters in brightly colored clothes and perfectly fills the Brown house with quirky clutter. Both Lansbury and Staunton give gamely over-the-top performances, and Thompson shines as always, even beneath her disfiguring makeup. The initially tasty film, however, dissolves in the end into a sticky mess of saccharine sweetness, involving a Cinderella-esque union between Firth and a pretty servant. This plotline is strangely reminiscent of the Firth storyline from “Love Actually,” when he falls in love with the attractive Portuguese maid. “Nanny McPhee” would...
...whether the official body count of three is too low, as villagers claim. Power-plant construction, residents have been informed, will proceed. Nevertheless, some locals hold out hope that Beijing, which earlier this month targeted rural graft as one of its biggest priorities for 2006, will clean up the mess. "If only the central government knew the truth, they would help us," says Lin's brother. "Because if they don't help, then there's nowhere we can go to seek justice...
...manly shoulders, and his two illegitimate French children. Therefore, I was extremely disappointed when, half-0way through “The Libertine,” Depp gets syphilis and develops excruciating, puss-laden lesions all over his face. “The Libertine” may be a cinematic mess, syphilis or no syphilis, but it got significantly worse when I had to cower and yell at my embattled and traumatized friend, “Tell me when its over!” every time Depp came on screen. “The Libertine,” details the life...