Word: shining
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
KEITH JARRETT TRIO: STILL LIVE (ECM). Ravishing standards like Come Rain or Come Shine and upbeat thrillers like Charlie Parker's Billie's Bounce: dazzling jazz piano from one of the best...
KEITH JARRETT: STILL LIVE (ECM). Ravishing standards like Come Rain or Come Shine and upbeat thrillers like Charlie Parker's Billie's Bounce: dazzling jazz piano from one of the best...
...annual gala showing for Hispanic Designers Inc., when the fashion industry examines its bloodlines and reviews its heirs apparent, young Hispanic designers have their chance to shine. Last year's winner of the Rising Star award, Esteban Ramos, 26, wowed the crowd with a Spanish tango collection of ruffled tops and sweeping skirts in periwinkle, mint and peach. For this year's gala, he will feature richer, deeper colors, hand-woven textures and fabric accented with tassels and trims. "Picture a sarape, or Mexican blanket," he says. "That's my theme." Already his vision has caught...
...Salesman, for example, uses the prism of salesmanship to capture the petty expectations of my parents' generation. Over the years, the travelling salesman has vanished from the cultural landscape, as abruptly as a stern shut of the front door. But the image of getting by on "shoe-shine and a smile," as Miller wrote, still remains. Tom Wolfe, today's Class Day speaker, is in part responsible for updating that American classic...
...government is devoted to the protection of minorities. It's another thing altogether for the Supreme Court, a governmental check meant to protect the rights of minorities, to be stripping away the rights of minorities to protect themselves against job discrimination. Here the Reagan Administration's true colors shine clear...