Word: scabrously
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...dank corners Welles moved his props: the Advocate's gigantic gilt bed, hundreds of dripping candles, decaying tables and books. Wrote Director William Chappell in the London Sunday Times: "Welles discovered Kafka's world, with the genuine texture of pity and terror on its damp and scabrous walls, real claustrophobia in its mournful rooms, and intricacies of shape and perspective on a scale that would have taken months and cost fortunes to build...
Fellini picks at the scabrous center of Rome's cafe society and uncovers nymphomania, homosexuality, and the rest of Decadence's retinue. Caught up by the momentum of his careening world, Marcello Mastroianni divides his time as a young publicist between sensational events, effete parties, and various bedrooms. Marcello is supposed to be struggling, some might say having an "identity crisis": should he be a serious writer or continue churning out his gossip column? After his friend Steiner, an intellectual and would-be writer, murders his children and commits suicide, Marcello abandons his former ambitions and assumes the role...
...there is so much that one can do on any of the four (news, editorial, business, photographic) boards of the Crimson. You can write editorial columns full of scabrous attacks on people you dislike, and touching profiles of people you revere; scathing reviews of shows you walked out of, and sensitive Cubages and Kings reflecting moods you have been...
...there is so much that one can do on any of the four (news, editorial, business, photographic) boards of the Crimson. You can write editorial columns full of scabrous attacks on people you dislike, and touching profiles of people you revere; scathing reviews of shows you walked out of, and sensitive Cabages and Kings reflecting moods you have been...
...first look, many political observers interpreted the lawmakers' rebellion as another direct hit on the scabrous House of Long. But a second look may have been more meaningful. There had been hardly any effort to block the adjournment; in fact, the motions for adjournment were made and roared through by many of Long's own legislative leaders and henchmen. Ole Earl's own reaction was another clue. Rushing half-shaved from his barber's chair to the skyscraper state capitol, he arrived just as the adjournment vote was being tallied, made a speech which...