Word: view
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...other woman whose dress receives a birthday tribute. In January, the clothing retailer White House Black Market set up a swag suite at the Sundance Film Festival. The company dressed a mannequin with a black-and-white leaf print dress like the one Obama once wore on The View. Mo'Nique, the comedian and actress, recognized the outfit. And since it happened to be the First Lady's birthday, of course it was Mo'Nique's duty to belt out "Happy Birthday," to a mannequin, in a crowded room...
...Whenever we can honor her, we have to," says Mo'Nique, describing the scene. "So in spirit, I must sing my song." After seeing that White House Black Market dress on The View, did she rush out to buy it? "You know what?" says Mo'Nique. "I'm not sure if they made that dress in my size at the time. But I'm size 14 now, honey, so I might go ahead and get that dress." (See pictures of what Michelle Obama wore in Europe...
...industrial, financial, and retail jobs destroyed over the last three quarters cannot be recouped in the dozen quarters that lie immediately ahead, if Phelps view, which is a remarkably dark vision of America's future, is right. This desperate image of the national economic life assumes that the innovative power of American business cannot build another huge sector the way that it did in the 1970s with the rise of the great technology companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), and Cisco (CSCO), and twenty years later Google (GOOG) and the second reincarnation of Apple (AAPL), which was built on nothing...
...anguish recedes and they are returned to indifference. It is the analysis of sorrowful themes such as this, tinged with optimism, that characterizes his latest collection “Speak Low.”In his 10th book, a collection of 38 short poems, Phillips presents a thoughtful view on the rituals that propel us through life and the ways in which we are able to break free of them.A Harvard grad, Phillips first published his first collection, “In the Blood,” in 1992. He has since received many accolades for his work, including...
...military may also be more sanguine about the Taliban than Washington has been because the generals tend to view the country's political establishment, most directly challenged by the militants' gains, as corrupt and self-serving. The army, rather than the relatively weak political institutions, is the spine of the Pakistani state, and democracy has never been seen as a precondition to its survival. If the turmoil in civil society reaches a boiling point, the military, however reluctant its current leadership may be to seize power, can be reliably expected to take the political reins...