Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)
Gabbard is like a red cape to the modern McCarthyites.
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
While the Princess of Wales paired the cross with a velvet purple floor-length dress by Catherine Walker, Kardashian opted to marry the 5.25-carat necklace with pearl chokers and an ivory shawl cape.
For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
The film sets up the dominos that fell, leading to one of America’s worst public health disasters.
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2024
Some believe that once the AGI domino falls, there will be a rapid and exponential compounding effect, with super intelligence not taking years or decades to achieve, but perhaps just days—or even minutes.
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