Word: ruining
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...That was a huge trip. I had huge hips, huge boobs, and played a magic mirror. I was supposed to be this big disco queen and really just looked like a giant disco ball! There are some really terrifying pictures on Facebook that I’m sure will ruin my political career someday.THC: Besides the embarrassing pictures, what’s the single best thing about performing in a drag show?WBP: It’s good because in an all-male cast, I’m not going to get distracted and fall in love with...
...with mental retardation that gives way to a type of clairvoyance. Phillips gives an explicit nod of acknowledgment to Faulkner and the inevitable parallels readers will draw between them. However, there is a key difference. While Faulkner’s characters are riddled with vice that brings them to ruin, Phillips’ characters are more hopeful. While this makes “Lark and Termite” a less distressing read, its grip upon the imagination is sure to fade in comparison to Faulkner’s classic.The narrators in “Lark and Termite?...
...Schlitz ’09), and the comforts of the quiet countryside behind for the alluring delights and debauchery of London after coming into an unexpected inheritance. A mysterious character by the name of Nick Shadow (Davone J. Tines ’09) guides Tom into further ruin until Tom is eventually destitute and cursed to insanity. “Tom is an unsavory character actually, but in many ways he is very human,” Onstad said. “At least his faults are very human, and a lot of the mistakes that he makes are mistakes...
...entered a parked BPD cruiser. Simpkins told officers, “Give me a (expletive) ride, I work for the district attorney’s office,” later adding that he would be willing to “lie and cheat” in order to ruin them. Simpkins had been working as an intern at the Dorchester District Courthouse since September 2007. The DA terminated Simpkins’ internship on Jan. 26, the Monday after prosecutors learned of his arrest. “Particularly disturbing was the fact that [Simpkins] said that he worked at the district...
...internet, in all its democratizing, transparent, instantly gratifying glory, is fundamentally changing the rules of business. Bloggers are usurping the role of the media lite; eBay and Amazon are forever altering the relationship between buyer and seller; a single disgruntled customer with a website can ruin a company's reputation. Google, which now handles some 70% of U.S. Internet searches and has become one of the world's most trusted brands, sits at the nexus of these changes. If beleaguered captains of industry hope to survive in the Internet age, Jarvis argues, it's worth considering what Google might...