ellauri159.html on line 572: More than bravado or bluster, today’s knight in shining armor must have the courage of the heart necessary to undertake tasks which are difficult, tedious or unglamorous, and to graciously accept the sacrifices involved.
xxx/ellauri068.html on line 187: "My own favourite tribute to Borges comes in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow in which a group of Argentinian exiles, led by the adventurer Squalidozzi, and at large in Europe during World War Two, hijack a German submarine. Improbably, they are accompanied by the glamorous Graciela Imago Portales – a ‘particular friend’ of the Buenos Aires literati – to whom ‘Borges is said to have a dedicated a poem’. Two lines are cited: “El laberinto de tu incertidumbre / Me trama con la disquietante luna . . .” Of course, the quotation has puzzled scholars, as it is neatly consistent with the rhythms and motifs of Borges’ earlier work, and yet nowhere to be found in his oeuvre. It would no doubt have delighted Borges, the more so since Pynchon made it up."
xxx/ellauri120.html on line 76: Bernays became a highly sought, and extravagantly paid consultant to a number of leading businesses. His many successes include helping the American Tobacco Company to sell cigarettes to women, advertising them as glamorous “torches of freedom”; and aiding the United Fruit Company to sell bananas, and when the newly elected president of Guatemala threatened the business interests of United Fruit, Bernays persuaded the CIA and the US government—through rumors, innuendos, and manipulation of the press about a growing Communist menace—to overthrow the his government.
xxx/ellauri125.html on line 809: Amy Phillips of The Village Voice wrote: "Love is willing to act out the dream of every teenage brat who ever wanted to have a glamorous, high-profile hissyfit [= temper tantrum], and she turns those egocentric nervous breakdowns into art. Sure, the art becomes less compelling when you've been pulling the same stunts for a decade. But, honestly, is there anybody out there who fucks up better?". The album sold fewer than 100,000 copies. Love later expressed regret over the record, blaming her drug problems at the time. Shortly after it was released, she told Kurt Loder on TRL: "I cannot exist as a solo artist. It's a joke."
xxx/ellauri387.html on line 223: Albumista 170 tuttu yllätetty syyllinen kalu täällä taas moi! Who would kill the beautiful Florence Nightingale? A glamorous socialite, generous to her friends and family, adored by husband Quentin, nevertheless one night she is indeed murdered. Wexford and Burden must dig deep to uncover secrets and lies. Wexford oli tanakka jumalinen komisario ja Burden ruipelo kaappihomo. Ruth Rendell (s. 1930) on vainaja since 2015. Ruth Barbara Rendell (o.s. Grasemann), ex-paronitar Rendell of Babergh (elinkautinen titteli), oli brittiläinen kirjailija. Rendell tunnettiin ennen kaikkea komisario Wexford-romaaneistaan. Wexford-kirjojen lisäksi Rendell kirjoitti ällöjä trillereitä. Elokuussa 2014 hän oli yksi niistä 200 julkisuuden henkilöstä, jotka allekirjoittivat The Guardianille osoitetun kirjeen, jossa vastustettiin Skotlannin itsenäisyyttä Skotlannin itsenäisyysäänestyksen valmisteluvaiheessa. Hyvä että sentään kuoli seuraavana vuonna. 1953 she had a son, Simon, now a psychiatric case who lives in the U.S. state of Colorado. I never was religious, really, but I'm very interested in religion.
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