Search Details

Word: romanticized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Artful equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.’s...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/19/2004 | See Source »

Not so, say Buruma and Margalit. They argue that when bin Laden and his acolytes accuse the U.S. and Europe of decadence, materialism and sexual immorality, they are largely recycling ideas and language that originated in the West. The authors point out that even as Western Europe and America began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Monster in the Mirror | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

Taro Why not exchange vows on the back of an elephant? For $1,600, Bali Adventure Tours will organize a pachyderm-packed event in Bali's elephant safari park, a beautiful refuge in the heart of the island. The price includes the hire of six local flower girls and umbrella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vow to be Different | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

There's an undeniably romantic allure to the notion that India's election result marks the ordained resurrection of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty. Its improbable return to power, atop a messy and probably fragile coalition of the Congress Party was led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why India's Government Lost | 5/14/2004 | See Source »

No one would choose pain, misanthropy and terrible luck as the recurring themes of a life, but Merritt has at least put his misery to excellent use. He is the great tragicomic songwriter of his age--equal parts Cole Porter and Charlie Brown--and love is his unkickable football. "Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Jolly Misanthrope | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | Next