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My husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that your parts have been migrating all these years. My waist, I realized that day in the dressing room, has completely disappeared beneath my rib cage, which now rests directly on my hips. I'm exhibiting continental drift in reverse.

My mother is German and my dad is Korean. And I'm the second son in the family. Beneath it is my name.

Mars still remains the astrobiology community's number one choice for 'nearest rock with life,' but there are many researchers who argue that the moons of Jupiter are better bets. In particular, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are all thought to hide vast oceans of liquid water beneath their icy, outer skins.

I was getting a piece of plastic and there was a young cottonmouth beneath it,

We need not bid, for cloistered cell, / Our neighbour and our work farewell. / Nor strive to wind ourselves too high / For sinful man beneath the sky.

Most Americans think agricultural work is beneath them.

You have to face the reality that teams have conference records. So our job is to dig beneath the surface, even among teams that have the same conference records in some conferences.

Whether you're writing a horror show or a James Bond film, I think what bubbles beneath is interesting characterization. The colors that emerge through storytelling is what a dramatist does. There's always got to be something bubbling underneath that will erupt at some point.

You always feel the ground rumbling beneath your feet, and if you don't, you're an idiot. Mostly because it is rumbling beneath your feet, and there is always someone who is coming up behind you who is as good, younger, and, at least as you perceive it, has more energy and more nimbleness than you.

We had many intellectuals and industry people who looked down on us, as if it were beneath them to even watch us. Nowadays, those comparisons aren't made.

We've kind of been beneath the radar all year. People haven't talked about us that much.

When I first began modeling, I was very conventional looking. I had hair down to my waist in a side parting - almost church-like. But beneath the sheath of hair lay this Amazonian, strong-looking frame.

Waves of the explosion pushed down the temple, and some people were buried beneath the debris.

Those heroes, many of whom still lie entombed beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor, embody the very ideals upon which America was founded.

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? -it's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

While on the surface this may be a positive earnings report, if you dig beneath the surface, you find it is a mixed bag.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet/ And master and make crouch beneath his foot, / And so be pedestaled in triumph?

We are so pleased that the NAIAS Charity Preview has been able to raise more than $57 million since 1989 benefiting so many children. Beneath the glitz, glamour and celebrity sightings all of our attendees support this event for one reason - the kids.

While growth has been holding up relatively well, particularly in emerging market economies, there are considerable risks beneath the surface.

There are ample supplies beneath the surface of the planet to have significant growth in oil supply for quite a number of years. The technology is there, the resources are there. But the real question is what happens above ground.

There are a few signs of cracks beneath the surface in the U.S. economy, starting with the weak durable goods and confidence figures last week, and now with the rise in oil.

When I would visit my octopus friend, Octavia, at New England aquarium, usually she would look me in the face, flow right over to see me, and flush red with emotion when she took my arms in hers. Often when I'd stroke her she'd turn white beneath my touch, the colour of a relaxed octopus.

Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.

We've heard a lot in recent polemic about how to win the fight for the corner office. But pushing up against a glass ceiling is practically a luxury when you consider the millions of women who can feel the floor dropping beneath their feet.

You have to go out there where there's nothing beneath your feet. You have to get out of your box and do the things you know you can't do.

What was exciting was to really go beneath the surface and see what makes a person insulting, mean and abusive... especially to ones own child.

What! as for him then against whom the sentence of chastisement is due: What! can you save him who is in the fire? / But (as for) those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord, they shall have high places, above them higher places, built (for them), beneath which flow rivers; (this is) the promise of Allah: Allah will not fail in (His) promise.

What that final number will be, we're trying to come up with a methodology to estimate that. It could be that several hundred people were either washed out to sea or crushed beneath buildings or otherwise are just not locatable.

The problem could be anything, ... This helps people learn how to ask the right questions to get beneath the surface conflict.

Betrayal was a stone beneath the mattress of the bed you shared, something you felt digging into you no matter how you shifted position. What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

Better to sink beneath the shock than molder piecemeal on the rock

! Elbereth Gilthoniel!silivren penna mírielo menel aglar elenath!We still remember, we who dwellIn this far land beneath the trees,Thy starlight on the Western Seas.

Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man only

Beneath the surface, production and inventory, here and abroad, are moving up faster than the rate of demand growth,

Beneath the surface of your ego's insatiable cravings, your authentic desires are waiting patiently for you to acknowledge, claim and express them.

Beneath the headline numbers, Dell's FY Q4 06 was not confidence inspiring. Dell didn't gain PC share in the quarter, despite the fact that its gross margins declined meaningfully and the company had an extra week in the quarter.

Beneath the crisp and wintry carpet hid A million buds but stay their blossoming And trustful birds have built their nests amid The shuddering boughs, and only wait to sing Till one soft shower from the south shall bid And hither tempt the pilgrim steps of Spring.

Beneath every fear lies the pearl of hope.

Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, / Beneath the good how far - but far above the great.

Everything changed last week because Ted Kaczynski's mental state changed. These prosecutors, who were very confident until then, felt the ground shake beneath them.

Everything changed last week because Ted Kaczynski's mental state changed, ... These prosecutors, who were very confident until then, felt the ground shake beneath them.

As though an invisible hand were writing upon it, words appeared on the smooth surface of the map. "Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."Snape froze. Harry stared, dumbstruck, at the message. But the map didn't stop there. More writing was appearing beneath the first."Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git."It would have been funny if the situation hadn't been so serious. And there was more..."Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor."Harry closed his eyes in horror. When he'd opened them, the map had had its last word."Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.

And the suggestion that any government would use that sort of subject and phenomenon for spin and public relations I thought was beneath contempt.

Eroticism bubbles beneath the surface of every vampire story, but Anne Rice is a writer to make the pot boil.

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag; Forever let it be The emblem to a holy cause, The banner of the free. And never from its guardian height Let it by man be driven, But let it float forever there, Beneath the smiles of heaven.

First, ... those suffering from porphyria look severely anemic because their hemoglobin is not being utilized efficiently and their blood is not as oxygenated as it should be. Second, the porphyrin rings that cannot do their job are deposited in the subcutaneous fat beneath the skin. The chemical is photosensitive, and in sunlight it can release electrons that damage the skin and may cause severe blistering -- hence the vampire's fear of sunlight.

There's no question there were standing bodies of water at the surface. Victoria is a potential time tunnel, allowing access to ancient martian material that otherwise would be buried deep beneath the surface.

The tobacco-roller and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood.

I understand now that 'special love' exists between two people when the passions lie beneath the surface.

The river goes through New Orleans like an elevated highway. ...Among the five hundred miles of levee deficiencies now calling for attention along the Mississippi River, the most serious happen to be in New Orleans...the levees tend to sink as well. They press down on the muck beneath them and squirt materials out to the sides...The guide levees, ring levees, spillways and floodways that dangle and swing from Old River are here because people, against odds, willed them to be here.

The river goes through New Orleans like an elevated highway, ... ...Among the five hundred miles of levee deficiencies now calling for attention along the Mississippi River, the most serious happen to be in New Orleans...the levees tend to sink as well. They press down on the muck beneath them and squirt materials out to the sides...The guide levees, ring levees, spillways and floodways that dangle and swing from Old River are here because people, against odds, willed them to be here.

I've never seen it staged or on film, but the story is so intense that I could feel the adrenaline running through my body while reading it. There's this chest-tightening anxiety of being thrown into the middle of this conflict between the different characters. I also love the idea that you can be drawn in by hateful characters. It takes a very good writer to create a character that you despise, yet find engaging. And there's the twist of the imaginary child. As it develops, you realize what is actually going on beneath it all. It's shocking and pretty horrifying.

Rush Limbaugh's remarks were insensitive and stupid, ... They were far beneath the standard that ESPN has set over the years for legitimate and thoughtful sports broadcasting. He should be fired.

Sallie was going to marry beneath her station. So her father told her she could either marry the man or have Bloomsbury. She chose the house.

SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she, the light of his harem if so might be, Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see, All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day, In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on. Dead for a Scarabee! --Fernando Tapple

People didn't just wear wedding dresses in the past. They also wore plain cotton shifts beneath them. As pretty as the dresses might be, and as lovely as they might look on display, if a museum doesn't hang the shifts beside them or acknowledge that the shifts existed, that exhibit's incomplete.

The one had leaves of dark green that beneath were as shining silver, and from each of his countless flowers a dew of silver light was ever falling, and the earth beneath was dappled with the shadows of his fluttering leaves.

ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold.

Deep down, beneath all our insecurities, beneath all our hopes for and beliefs in equality, each of us believes we're better than anyone else. Because it's our beliefs that are right, our doubts that are allowable ones, our fears which are legitimate

Apologies from European governments will do, but if they persist in their attack on the prophet we will burn the ground beneath their feet.

A savage place! as holy and enchanted / As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted / By woman wailing for her demon lover!

As a child, I dreamed that my bed could fly and glide and swoop and hover high over the countryside near my home while, snug and secure, I looked down in wonder at the great carpet of life that seemed so perfect beneath me.

You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales.

You reading over my shoulder, peering beneath / My writing arm.

This isn't like your mother dying, where you grieve for three months and then move on. These people have had their entire world shifted beneath them.

The way we present ourselves is a veneer, and beneath that, there are a lot more unpleasant things. Other directors might have missed a lot of the subtleties of this story and made a meal out of the violence.

This country and our Constitution guarantee freedom of speech and association. Censorship at our borders is directly contrary to fundamental American values. Attempts to suppress freedom of speech and association are beneath our country - not to mention a waste of government resources intended to keep Americans safe.

A lot of people celebrate their past, but I don't look at it all. I don't Google myself; I focus on the future. This is a volatile profession, and the moment you start thinking you've got something, that's when the floor beneath you falls through, so I hope to make more movies and TV shows.

This move is vintage Jerry Jones. Signing Terrell Owens is stunning in a lot of ways, but not when you know Jerry. He's always been bold, but beneath his larger-than-life personality, he's very, very thoughtful and creative.

There we were in the bowels of the boat when suddenly the floor beneath us began to buckle and bend from the strain of the loose keel.

There, we have been extraordinary, ... But we've only been able to look at a section of rock maybe 10 meters thick, and we want to know how do these rocks relate to what's above and beneath them.

The remarkable American economy, whose roots are still not conclusively known, and the Asian crises that caught us by surprise, among other humbling experiences, have made policy-makers particularly sensitive to how fast the world can shift beneath our feet,

This is the right place to put it technically. The X windowing system lies beneath KDE and GNOME. All users, both GNOME and KDE, can take advantage of it.

It's a terrible thing to be alone -- yes it is -- it is -- but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath --as terrible as you like --but a mask.

It's a fun story, a real scoop, but beneath the humor we are a company that tries to expand the box. It may take several months just to plan it. When we do it, we want to do it right.

Formally speaking, nothing has changed at the end of the day. But beneath the superficial format, rather clear-cut changes are under way.

It's symptomatic of issues going on beneath the surface. They're still trying to get their house in order. Their stock hasn't been doing very well.

It looks a little bit browner although there is still moisture beneath the surface. I do like going into a Test match with a spinner, to be honest, because it gives you greater options. But conditions must allow for that.

It?s probably one of many undiscovered faults. We don?t know much of what?s beneath us.

Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Still more plain the Tutor, the grave man, nicknamed Adam, / White-tied, clerical, silent, with antique square-cut waistcoat / Formal, unchanged, of black cloth, but with sense and feeling beneath it.

It's amazing that you can listen to any song and you can always tell when there's some substance beneath it and when there isn't. Even if it's poetically written and technically brilliant, I'd rather hear something that's all over the place but has some soul to it.

Never shall I forget that first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, ... Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

They asked us to put together a set of Irish music for one of the stages in 2004. Our first gig was a massive one, partly because it was raining hard and we were performing at one of the only stages located beneath a tent.

They have to deal with all contracts, leases, ordinances, lawsuits. There's an enormous amount of paperwork involved. The need has been there for some time. We're well beneath the benchmark nationally for having just two attorneys on counsel.

I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I say this, I'm sure I do it - completely at someone else's expense.

I love living around black people. Home is home. We suffer under racism and the physical deprivations that come with that, but beneath that, we form cultures and traditions that are beautiful.

In a sense, we have seen maybe 10 percent of you -- just the visible tip of the iceberg, not the 90 percent that is still submerged, ... And we all know that it is the ice beneath the surface that can sink the ship.

If we've got all this energy beneath our feet, why can't we use it? The answer is technology.

I remembered the gun I had beneath my seat.

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.

Internet outrage can seem mindless, but it rarely is. To make that assumption is dismissive. There's something beneath the outrage - an unwillingness to be silent in the face of ignorance, hatred or injustice. Outrage may not always be productive, but it is far better than silence.

Canada's housing markets remained robust in early 2006, despite slightly higher mortgage rates. However, the dominant theme lurking beneath the national average results is clear signs that speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a soft-landing.

But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain morning/Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by/They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies.

Hire yourself out to work, which is beneath you, rather than become dependent on others

By cool Siloam's shady rill / How sweet the lily grows! / How sweet the breath beneath the hill / Of Sharon's dewy rose!

If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's something beautiful about that.

I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for out independence.