Word: savioring
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that exist. As that has changed, comics have had to reinvent themselves or die." Reinvent they did, and in the process reinvented the publishing business. As artist Raymond Pettibon puts in in the exhibition catalog: "Comics, the jilted suitor of the high airs art world, come back as the savior of the book industry in the form of the graphic novel...
...this city’s merchants most often make a flawed decision. Why would you try to please everybody, when the holiday shoppers you’re trying to woo are mostly Christians anyway, and so are unlikely to be offended by a greeting that references their lord and savior? Forget the political correctness that drives conservative chatterboxes like Bill O’Reilly up the wall; the decision here is strictly business. And forget about attracting non-Christian shoppers—either they’ll be making their usual purchases regardless of what your sign says, or they?...
...that late Maya civilization is analogous in his view to our own. It is given to worshipping false idols and values and, for all its military might, is rotting from within. Even the simple village, before it is destroyed, revels in irrelevant pleasure. What everyone needs is, well, a savior. And that's where Jaguar Paw comes in. He is, for all intents and purposes, dead not once but half a dozen times in this movie, yet always manages a resurrection. He even has a spear wound in his abdomen, not unlike a certain other divine figure. Most important...
...Blueprint’ that I’ll never change” our hero says in “Trouble,” and it’s true: Jay-Z will still tell you he’s “hip-hop’s savior.” He still raps about being the best in the game, and even uses a number of his old producers. Maybe “Kingdom Come” would be better if Jay at least tried to improve on his formula, even if just a little...
...Bush's aides have begun to chafe at the idea that Baker is needed as some sort of savior for Iraq. Hadley made it clear that the President hopes his Jordan foray will erase any such notion. "It's important, I think," Hadley said, "for the President to send the message to Prime Minister Maliki that while he is listening to all of these voices for ideas, is open to ideas, that in the end of the day to reassure Prime Minister Maliki that it is the President who will be crafting the way forward on Iraq and to reassure...