Word: windedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With faux wind towers giving it the appearance of a storybook stronghold from One Thousand and One Nights, Anantara's Desert Islands Resort & Spa stands alone on the shores of Sir Bani Yas - a large island in the Persian Gulf, lying just 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. And in truth, there is a whiff of fantasy about this sand-colored, 64-room property, fringed by cobalt-blue sea on one side and, on the other, a saltwater lagoon fronting desert scrubland and a jumble of rocky central hills...
...more money with a flop than with a hit. They conspire to put on the worst play they can find, a sentimental diatribe called Springtime for Hitler, written by a lederhosen-clad neo-Nazi pigeon keeper. Unfortunately for the unlikely heroes, Springtime for Hitler is a smash, and they wind up in the can for tax fraud. (Read "What's Wrong with This Spring's Broadway Plays...
...currency than musical ability. During the May 16 final, watched by more than 100 million people worldwide, contestants once again called upon their decidedly nonmusical charms: the Greek entry ripped his shirt to expose a waxed chest, while the Albanian entry wore a pink tutu and stood on a wind machine. But in the end, Alexander Rybak, a boyish fiddle player from Norway, stormed to victory because he had the best song - and he didn't even have to flash anyone...
...businesses which are under financial stress the government will need to provide the same kind of financial support it is already giving to other industries under the new stimulus program. There is a benefit to getting capital to a company that helps build systems to distribute the energy from wind turbines or change their facilities into locations that use solar power. If the government wants to help companies change businesses so that they pollute less, the fastest way to do it is to invest government money to finance the process. That would save the environment, upgrade current corporate facilities...
...their Khmer neighbors than the linen-suited colonial élite. As her sea wall is breached and her rice crop withers, Duras' mother asks the colony's resident superior in a letter, "What did you give me in return for 20 years of my life [in Cambodia]? Nothing except wind, water...