Word: romanticized
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When Gauguin decided, at 35, to give himself over full time to his art, he did it with a passion. He abandoned his job as a stockbroker and deposited his Danish wife Mette and their five children back in Copenhagen, never to see them again. Tahiti would break his heart...
Know that Maxi is quickly punished for his doctrinal heresy. He's found fornicating in the confessional, and the shocked children start their own church. Indeed, they often flirt with religious cults, other sects ("All About the Mormons," episode 712) and Christian rock. In "Christian Rock Hard" (episode 709), Cartman...
For Pinker, it was a rare case of being inspired by his surroundings at Harvard. When immersed in his work, he rarely even notices them. He says that he is not “directly inspired by physical surroundings in a kind of romantic way.” Rather, he...
As the sun sets across the rusting roofs of Stone Town, the cry of the local muezzin merges with the chimes from a Hindu temple and drifts skyward. The brilliant-hued canopy above me flaps lazily in the evening breeze that blows in from the Indian Ocean. I'm dining...
Numerous studies by non-partisan media research groups have demonstrated that Dean received a disproportionate share of negative campaign coverage. According to the Center for Media and Public Affairs, he received twice as much coverage as Kerry in 2003. Forty-nine percent of Dean’s mentions were deemed...