Word: talese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Waly Diabira pats the cover on his bed in the cramped fifth-floor room he shares with two men in a red-brick dormitory building for immigrants near Paris' Left Bank. "My father slept on this same bed, in this same room, for many years," he says. In 1950, his...
Hugh was first and foremost a storyteller. He had, all through his long career, a great eye for the telling detail and the humorous, often incongruous anecdote that illuminated the humanity of the powerful. I loved watching him regale a group with tales of everything from Lyndon Johnson's hydra...
Use this form to send in your tales of Hurricane Katrina
My family and I have relocated to Ellicott City, Md., from Lakeview. Today marks 14 weeks which have passed since we evacuated, Aug. 28th. We have heard many terrible accounts of various tales of destruction, but even though we lost everything, my wife, daughter, two cats, and I are alive...
Gambling lore is filled with tales of the lucky novice who walks into a casino and breaks the bank. This year it really happened. The fortunate neophyte is Vikrant Bhargava, who is from Rajasthan, India, and admits that he had never set foot in a casino until recently and still...