Word: wonderments
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...even though the cast’s acting and O’Reilly’s direction evoke wonder with such ease, Zimmerman’s script sometimes shoots itself in the foot. Ovid’s tales are supplemented with some of Zimmerman’s own commentary on the necessity of myths, how our modern, rational society is too unwilling to give itself over to the unexplainable, magical aspects of these durable stories...
...campaign with a win at Henley and returns 13 oarsmen from its top two boats last season.Setting an example for the younger rowers as well as fellow walk-ons, Wintner’s leadership in the boathouse does not go unnoticed.“[The freshmen walk-ons] wonder how can I measure up, how can I compete against them,” Morgan said. “But when a guy like Anton comes along and shows them it can be done, it gives them a lot of courage, and it keeps them coming out. It?...
...only wonder about the motives behind releasing a record like this. Either the band is completely ignorant of their lack of any apparent skill, or they’re merely going through the motions to put the final nail in the coffin of their record contract. Either way, it’s irrelevant. From the sub-par album cover to childish song titles like “Dizzy” and “Firefight,” all the variables of a band on its last legs are in place. 2007 may be the year Jimmy Eat World?...
...Thomas Herbert who sailed to Mauritius in 1629.Five years later, Herbert recounted, “Here only is generated the Dodo, which for shape and rareness may antagonise the Phoenix of Arabia: her body is round and fat, few weigh lesse then fifty pound, are reputed of more for wonder then for food, greasie stomackes may seeke after them, but to the delicate, they are offensive and of no nourishment,” according to Clara Pinto-Correia’s book “Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo...
...against a tree until I felt better. However, now I no longer have to fantasize about boarding school or knee socks or lying about pushing someone out of a tree. Now I can make my imaginary uniform a reality thanks to the efforts of Nicolas Ghesquiere, the boy wonder behind venerable fashion house Balenciaga. In his fall collection, the school uniform blazer is back with a vengeance. Balenciaga’s version of the trust-funded prep-schooler wears a fur trimmed blue piped blazer (complete with gold crest) as well as jodhpurs, an accessory that feels like the child...