Word: write
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...testimony from a terror-related trial in February provides a glimpse of his fierce work habits. After Sept. 11 proved him right, he didn't blow the whistle on the disturbing breakdown in the chain of intelligence that followed his memo. He didn't quit. He didn't write a book. Instead, he went back to the office and bore down harder than ever...
...wrote Baltimore's William Cardinal Keeler that "the return of Father Blackwell--even under protective constraints--constituted an unacceptable risk. All parish ministry positions...potentially provide access to children." Says P. McEvoy Cromwell, still the board's chairman: "It's the only case that we saw fit to write a letter...
Last summer, when she sat down to write Unless, Shields knew what she did not want: a cancer book. Instead, she wrote about Reta, a middle-aged novelist whose daughter Norah has abruptly dropped out of college to panhandle on a Toronto street corner. Norah won't speak; she wears a sign around her neck that reads, simply, GOODNESS. Reta is Shields' not-quite alter ego, and like Shields, she is discovering a realm of pain she never knew existed. "The whole sense of sadness, of the end of things, of the broken vessel--everything is there," says Shields...
...resembled a cult, with staffers beating on a taiko drum and chanting Ogami's 10 commandments at daily meetings. Every Monday, they viewed his weekly video address, in which he stuttered gems like "follow the path of truth" while dressed in a fresh Versace outfit. Employees then had to write reviews of that day's performance. Ogami read these diligently, and had underlings seek out authors of bad reviews for scoldings. Workers were made to sit in rivers in the lotus position and stand in the rain shouting Ogami's commandments. He took the stage on these outings, rambling...
...universal appeal. "The chance to reach London is a dream come true." An advance listen to five tracks from the show reveals an intoxicating aural world. Agile melodies twist and turn to patently Indian rhythms, while mostly retaining the formulaic structure of Western musicals. "I've tried not to write West End," laughs Rahman, "but it's got to be accessible...