3 QUOTES WITH «LURID»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
lurid.
The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for this had to do with the need to justify the slave trade and slavery.
Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clan's bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much.
You look at women at the Republican convention and women at the Democratic convention. Republicans have a certain aesthetic beauty that involves more makeup, bigger hair, more lurid outfits.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LURID»
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lurid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lurid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
She's a bona fide man-eater.
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Shanghai: Electric and
Lurid City : An Anthology
This book collects over fifty passages of writing on Shangai, ranging from its pre-Treaty Port days to the eve of the twenty-first century.
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Strange and
Lurid Bloom: A Study of the Fiction of Caroline ...
This critical interpretation assesses Caroline Gordon's early struggles to gain voice and respect as a writer, her tendency to explore themes of sexual and racial tension, and the "strange and lurid bloom" of Gordon's genius.
Steve Kowit's Lurid Confessions, his first full-length poetry collection, had two printings with Carpenter Press in 1983 but has been out of print for years.
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Hardboiled America: the
lurid years of paperbacks
Looks at the mass market paperbacks of the forties and fifties, shows the lurid covers commonly used, and discusses the most popular writers of the period
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Steve McQueen, King of Cool: Tales of a
Lurid Life
Documents the role of childhood sex abuse in shaping the Hollywood star's personality and life, describing his bisexuality and relationships with fellow actors from Joan Crawford and Lana Turner to James Dean and Paul Newman.
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R.E.V.E.L.A.T.I.O.N.?: Reality Expressed by Virtually ...
This book bridges the gap between the ridiculous and the sublime, expressing absurdity in its' most authentic form--the truth.
Out of body, out of time.
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100 Words To Make You Sound Smart
lurid (loor'id) adjective Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that
are meant to provoke or shock. The solution which Canada almost immediately
found for such eruptions of violence in its North-West Territories was better than ...
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, 2006
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Gary Dale Gets Offensive!:
Lurid Scenes from Bawdville
This book promises to be among the humor classics for years to come and will redefine how we look at Southern humor. Besides all that this book is funny as hell!
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LURID»
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lurid is used in the context of the following news items.
Lurid Details Emerge In Investigation of Archbishop Nienstadt
Archbishop John Nienstadt has been accused of cruising for boys and looking for poppers in a report that could only be called salacious. «TheBacklot, Jul 15»
World NewsTop aide to former Chinese president arrested
In an unusually detailed and lurid denunciation, the Communist Party's Central Committee issued a statement late on Monday that Mr Ling ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Cosby's decade-old testimony could be used to crush him in court
Bill Cosby's lurid, decade-old testimony about his philandering could do more than damage what's left of his fatherly image — it could very well ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
Hackers Threaten to Release Personal Data from Cheating Site …
... more worry: everyone having access to their personal information, credit card numbers, and excruciatingly detailed lurid sexual fantasies. «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
The true story that made Rupert Goold jump from stage to screen
True Story studiously avoids lurid and gruesome details pertaining to the Longo case. The murders are represented impressionistically. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Objecting to story takedown, Gawker Media's top editor quits
... Gawker and Deadspin revealed both Rob Ford and Manti Teo in their lurid glory. This story, and the aftermath, look like a low-point right now. «Poynter.org, Jul 15»
activist investor storms back to Tokyo
But Ms Murakami, who has shunned media exposure and has been repeatedly harassed by Japan's more lurid tabloids, says it is time to shed ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Pimp C, his sound, and Southern rap's glory days
Bun B (Bernard Freeman) and Pimp C (Chad Butler) specialized in lurid tales of street life. But U.G.K.'s music was notably more melodic than ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
AP News in Brief at 7:58 pm EDT
Bill Cosby's lurid, decade-old testimony about his philandering could do more than damage what's left of his fatherly image — it could very well ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
Pettus: Mississippi's White House seekers losing edge?
But, I have to say, our gang's attempts at windmill tilting are not as lurid as many of the 470-plus other contestants' efforts. In fact, some of ours ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
