Word: ripping
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...colors and the drama of his lighting bring romance to his works. A single ray of sunshine creeps through overcast skies and highlights and heroicizes one aspect of the landscape. The wooded scenes are romantic to the extreme of fantasy, and could be the setting of tales like Rip van Winkle or The Hobbit...
...recent respondent stated that the best way to create substantial change is to go to Wall Street, become wealthy and powerful, and then rip off your Brooks Brothers three-piece to reveal the combat fatigues of the revolutionary you always were. Then, he states, you can consider sanctions against South Africa for their racist policies, instead of blindly serving their needs. Such naivete is disturbing, even from a Harvard student...
...cost increases. General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, which built the most recent $1.2 billion Trident submarine (50% over budget) and 18 nuclear attack submarines, was the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for overrun claims. Navy Secretary John Lehman last August called the costs a "rip-off." But early this year charges were dropped, and Lehman said the Navy has contracted with Electric Boat to build six more Tridents because the company had improved its controls on workmanship and materials...
Baileys' success has spawned an industry of competing Irish cream liqueurs, including Waterford Cream, Carolans (a mix of honey, cream and whisky) and Royal Tara (an orange-flavored cream). There are also a host of Baileys rip-offs bearing similar-sounding brand names. At last count there were at least 50 copies of Irish cream being served worldwide...
...down at the book jacket and saw that doughty, frumpy Mr. Rooney, surrounded by that cluttered old office of his, looking back up at me with a quizzical half-smile that seemed to say "Hello, friend, let's talk about paper clips. And what about pencil erasers? Mine always rip the paper. Do yours...