Word: smitten
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...Leatherheads, Rutherford is lightly brushed by scandal. And by Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), a proto-feminist newspaper reporter intent on exposing (perhaps inventing would be a better word) a less-than-sterling Rutherford myth. She is, of course, smitten with him. And, she banters fiercely with Connolly - and anyone the least bit familiar with the basic tropes of romantic comedy has to know where that is heading. The course of true love is always charted by the exchange of zingers, which in this case are pretty well written by Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly...
...book you mention the painter, Don Bachardy, as an artist who exemplifies the daily rigor that goes into any art. What other non-literary figures do you admire?BJ: Right now, like most of the world, I’m fascinated by Amy Winehouse. I’m smitten beyond belief with her music. I like prog[ressive] rock, although I guess you’re not supposed to say that. I’ve had the good opportunity to become good friends with Tool and A Perfect Circle. As you can tell by the cover of the book...
...careless ones. Or perhaps one should say ungrounded. Terry is hard-working mechanic, rather decent at heart, but afflicted with addictions to gambling and booze. Ian dreams of an entrepreneurial success - something to do with upscale hotels - without quite seeming to know how to achieve it. He's also smitten by an actress (Hayley Atwell) who is much better at using people than...
...sacrifice your self-interest and control. An eco-protester who handcuffs himself to a tree guarantees that his threat to impede the logger is credible. The prospective home buyer who makes an unrecoverable deposit guarantees that her promise to buy the house is credible. And suitors who are uncontrollably smitten are in effect guaranteeing that their pledge of love is credible...
...Favorite Lil’ Wayne Lines from 2007 and their Personal Pop Culture Equivalents 5. “Five karats on her finger, got her hand smitten / But everybody get a ring even Scottie Pippen / Everybody got a thing but I guess mine isn’t / What ma envisioned.” (From “Let’s Talk (We the Best)”) Personal Pop Culture Equivalent (PPCE): Greg Oden getting injured. Like Weezy getting rejected by his girl, that shit hurt. 4. “Put a mothafucka on ice like Maple Leaves / That?...