Word: outlandishing
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...connected priest). The family's unresolved grief over son Jimmy's death is mostly unspoken but palpable, while Daniel's work is treated as a calling but also, realistically, as a job, with ambitions, pressures and politics. The scripts neatly balance satire and sincerity: while the show's outlandish twists challenge Daniel's faith--he's like Job, if Job lived on Melrose Place--they never mock...
...President George W. Bush announced a five-year, $15 billion HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention initiative, the largest commitment ever by a single nation to an international health effort. "It would have been outlandish to even consider that the U.S. government would do something like that before," Kim says. This year European nations pledged an astonishing $4 billion over 10 years to immunize children in poor countries--dwarfing the Gateses' $1.5 billion contribution. "When the history of global health is written," says Dr. William Foege, a former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who now advises...
...second issue. A painting of a boy-child and his teddy bear on the cover, some symbolism re: blue skies and opportunities... generally good vibes, nothing too weird or esoteric on the inside. Tuesday doesn’t mess around, keeping it clear and straightforward, appealing but not too outlandish...
...interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response." SCOTT MCCLELLAN, White House spokesman, on British reports of a leaked document alleging that U.S. President George W. Bush had expressed an interest in bombing the headquarters of the Arabic television network Al-Jazeera...
...make your own garam masala, eschew cappucinos for chai and think Bollywood dance classes are the height of chic. Now buy the shoes. Come November, Reebok will be releasing its first-ever couture sneaker collection; to design them, it has selected New Delhi's most outlandish couturier, 33-year-old Manish Arora. Retailing at up to $500 a pair in India (and considerably more in New York), Reebok's Fish Fry range reflects the explosive use of color and kitsch for which Arora is fast becoming known. The most intricate of his 12 designs uses embossed suede, rhinestones and crystals...