Word: clouded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...unpopular that for decades the Federal Government has conducted poisoning campaigns to eradicate them from rangeland. Several rural communities even hold contests for "sport shooters," who find the animals stimulating targets because varmint-hunting cartridges disintegrate on impact, causing the dogs to explode into "red mist," a cloud of blood and vaporized rodent parts that offers hunters IVG, or instant visual gratification...
...Simpson hid in the utility closet of their home with their four sons and family dog. It was the only room left standing. Back in Jarrell, Ladonna Peterson, her son, niece and mother-in-law squeezed into a bathtub. "It got dark, black, and I saw the funnel cloud coming toward us. It was as big as a church and solid black," Peterson told the Austin American-Statesman. Family members clung to one another and sang Jesus Loves Me. The bathroom door flew open, debris covered them, and suddenly it was over. They climbed out to find everything gone, except...
...give them the dopamine rush, either as a misguided way of connecting or to deaden the pain of being disconnected. But cravings, though reflected in physiology, are rooted in loss and live in thoughts and in the stories we tell ourselves. They float through the mind like a poisonous cloud and plague us with a sense of need and visions of what "might have been." ROBERT GREENWAY Olympic Ecopsychology Institute Port Townsend, Wash...
Because you are an American, and Americans know that nothing good can last. Every boom goes bust. Every heart gets broken. We have been conditioned to look for the lead lining in every cloud. "There's something about the mandarin class of America--they have a hard time taking yes for an answer," says Philip Burgess, president of the Center for the New West, a Denver think tank. "But after 15 years of hand-wringing about America's competitive decline, the national media [are] coming to their senses...
During his downtime, Spielberg wasn't exactly lying in a hammock monitoring cloud patterns. As the head of Amblin Entertainment he shepherded a passel of hit movies, including The Flintstones, Casper and Twister. He helped develop TV's ER, masterminded a CD-ROM (Steven Spielberg's Directors Chair) and oversaw the giddy, multithrill Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Oh, yes, he also started, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, a little outfit called DreamWorks SKG; Spielberg oversees the live-action film unit. And in the noblest spin-off generated by a hit movie, the director of Schindler...