But again, we need to be alive to thedistinctionsbetween this word and the word ‘beautiful’, for they are not quite perfect synonyms: theOEDinforms us thatbonnyis often used to describe a woman who is pleasantly attractiverather thanstunningly beau...
1579, from Gk. Elysion pedion “Elysian field,” where heroes and the virtuous live after death, from a pre-Gk. word of unknown origin. I have always thought this was a beautiful-sounding word, meaning “paradise.” Evidently the ancient Greeks did too; Hades is not nearly so pleasant. ...
The Encore mid-bass drivers give it a bit more speed and punch in the mid-bass. The main difference between the Moab and the Ulfberht is in the mid-bass. The Ulfberht has a lightning-fast mid-bass punch that can only be had through its four lightweight Italian mid-bass drivers. We ...
In my experience that is the least-Slavic sounding Slavic language, and because of language purism over the history of its standardization there are few words which a non-Slavic-speaking foreigner can spontaneouskly recognize. Indeed Romanian sounds more “Slavic” to my ear than Czech does, and...
There is a similar-sounding issue that we might easily confuse this conversation with, aound CHURCH. I have spent too long on that journey… so much time has been spent trying to preserve the institution by making stylistic superficial changes in the hope that the centre can hold. I no long...
They had dated a dozen times, shared a liking for Italian foods, for the revival of Big Bands from the forties when neither of them had been born; he was halfway engaged to a former classmate of Leslie鈥檚, finishing up a Master鈥檚 degree in Chicago, and while Margot was away, Nick...
I ordered the simplest sounding dish on the menu: Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe (spaghetti with cheese and black pepper). And it was seriously one of the best pasta dishes I’ve ever eaten. So, so good. Georgann had Tagliatelle al Ragù di Manzo (tagliatelle with short rib ragù and parmesan)...
I ordered the simplest sounding dish on the menu: Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe (spaghetti with cheese and black pepper). And it was seriously one of the best pasta dishes I’ve ever eaten. So, so good. Georgann had Tagliatelle al Ragù di Manzo (tagliatelle with short rib ragù and parmesan)...
The Beautiful Lady Booth Tarkington Chapter One Nothing could have been more painful to my sensitiveness than to occupy myself, confused with blushes, at the center of the whole world as a living advertisement of the least amusing ballet in Paris. To be
Sounding more like his brother than his old self, he backed any peaceful attempts to resolve the problems between the two countries. He then took one final swipe at his old nemesis. Fidel Castro Addresses Cuban Public In a rare public address, the Cuban revolutionary leader addressed the people...