Word: plaines
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Allegorists as well as just plain readers should feel at home in Cavedweller, a mix of down-home authenticity, old-time religion and neo-paganism. Delia, the prodigal mother, returns to the fold, but only after parading her suffering before the righteous. Born in California's stupefying sunshine, Cissy finds inspiration exploring Georgia's inky caverns: a "confrontation with God in the imagined body of a woman, the mama-core...
F.D.R. was the best loved and most hated American President of the 20th century. He was loved because, though patrician by birth, upbringing and style, he believed in and fought for plain people--for the "forgotten man" (and woman), for the "third of the nation, ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." He was loved because he radiated personal charm, joy in his work, optimism for the future. Even Charles de Gaulle, who well knew Roosevelt's disdain for him, succumbed to the "glittering personality," as he put it, of "that artist, that seducer." "Meeting him," said Winston Churchill, "was like...
...when you couple those offensive numbers with a 3.58 team ERA, it is plain to see why Brown has lost 11 more games than...
...white on the inside, but it was so dark that it was hard to tell. I was surrounded by a closed dome that was only an inch or two above my face. I began to wonder if my coffin would be similar. What would the traditional Jewish casket of plain pine look like from the inside...
...contrast this domineering site there is the frilly British "BodyAware" web page, featuring the "Apres Noir" men's lingerie collection. This is a "just plain fun" assortment of "sumptuous panties, basques and stockings in beautiful colours, all designed and made just for men...from bank managers to builders." In the "Apres Noir" showroom, there is even a British to American English glossary to eliminate confusion when mail-ordering; apparently many men, when ordering a black lace merry-widow for that special occasion, do not realize that "gusset" and "crotch" mean the same thing. Despite the goofiness of it all, there...