Word: glasses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...list of chemicals you can inhale on weekends. AWOL, or Alcohol Without Liquid, has recently made its stateside debut as the latest party gadget. Bridging the once-lonely gap between the shot glass and the vaporizer, the AWOL machine allows its users to breathe in their hard liquor of choice rather than follow the (totally played) down-it-and-chase routine...
Even through the glass of the closed window, I could hear President Summers. I missed the beginning of his chant, but I managed to catch the end: “...And so, Lucifer, Lord of Darkness, Prince of Despair, Master of Deception, King of Flies, I call upon you! Lucifer, grant me my wish, provide...
This inequity in gender representation on campus groups comes in the context of a glass ceiling for women seeking national political office that was arguably shattered in 1992. It was during this “Year of the Woman” that 24 new women were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and four to the U.S. Senate, greatly increasing the total number of skirts in what was traditionally a sea of suits. However, this influx of women into the national political arena has not mirrored itself among Harvard’s self-declared progressive undergraduates...
...Sadly, the Catalan Atlas, like many of the other maps shrunk down to fit the pages of this book, is so intricate and large that much of its detail is incomprehensible, even with the help of a magnifying glass and a Latin dictionary. Another frustration is that many of the maps' most eye-catching details go unexplained because Nebenzahl's commentary focuses primarily on the historical context. But perhaps this failing is fitting. Presented like this, with their mysteries intact, the maps become, once again, invitations to further explorations. They beckon us into the shadowy waters of the past...
...recognizably human, desperately trying to be themselves and instead destroying everyone around them. The book takes its title from her father's dream house, a fanciful transparent mansion powered by solar energy that he sincerely seems to believe he will one day build. He never does construct his Glass Castle, of course, but we can be grateful and relieved that Walls survived to create hers...