Word: romping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...willing to settle for that. After last week's losses wiped between 15% to nearly 25% of value off indices around the globe, formerly freaked traders scurried to buy back stocks as slow-moving political leaders responded in union to address the credit crisis. Outdoing Wall Street's 11% romp on Monday, the Nikkei shot up 14.2% Tuesday - an all-time record - making up for lost time after Monday's national holiday. But other Asian indices continued their previous climbs as well. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 3.2% over its 10.5% push Monday, while trading in Australia nudged...
...jaunty title - Happy-Go-Lucky - and a perky protagonist in a young woman called Poppy, played just this side of annoying, but often entrancingly, by Sally Hawkins. Some of the early reviewers have convinced themselves that Mike Leigh's movie is a lightsome romp, a tribute to keeping your spirits up in the noisome atmosphere of lower middle-class London, where Poppy works as a primary school teacher...
...currently seven seniors and eight juniors, actually end up taking only a few classes together including the introductory course Culture and Belief 16, taught by Mitchell.“It’s like what Rob Lue does in Life Sci 1a—a ridiculously overheated review and romp through the major genres,” said Mitchell, who added that he had never actually attended an introductory life sciences lecture.The students must also all take a sophomore tutorial. In Arshad’s case, her main assignment was an ethnography of a group.“I ended...
...young lover, flaunting the newest fashions, and schmaltzing her way to the top of London society. The real-life Georgiana Cavendish was a relative of Princess Diana, a fact the filmmakers make sure to exploit. However, linking the story to Diana of Wales will not make this 18th century romp any more successful, nor will it evoke any more sympathy for its wronged society beauty than it would for anyone else in her beautifully jeweled silk shoes. “The Duchess” has a lot working in its favor, including strong performances, visual delights, and a moving score...
...worthy, since the dash home stays within the comforting confines of the Yard. One technique to remain slightly more inconspicuous is to always travel with a long coat to hide everything—or nothing—underneath. Another, albeit riskier, tactic is to embrace your state of post-romp dishevelment and say with a chuckle to a suspecting acquaintance, “Oh, you know me, I just had a crazy, ridiculous one-night-stand orgy! See you in class!” Your boldness will shock the witness to the point that they assume you are joking...