| 单词 | blithe |
| 例句 | He couldn’t stand such blithe defiance of petty laws. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some women did indeed spend their days in rote service to the day’s task, plotting data with blithe indifference, routing torrents of numbers as nonchalantly as the calculating machines they cradled. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Eilonwy herself admitted she had never explored the passage; her blithe confidence did not convince him she had the slightest notion of where she was going. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it was a June day to be blithe and bonny in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Supper? At Old Chao’s house? Sure,” he said, blithe as a new frog. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything about him was smooth—his pressed clothes and perfect shave, his cavalier voice and blithe expression. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She might have been blithe about dying when it was abstraction, but she wasn’t now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She was one of them, really, blithe and girlish in her manner and her tastes—video games, Harry Potter, the baffling pop music they listened to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mother was a blithe chick nuzzling around the large, solid dark hen. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, there was the blithe unselfconciousness of some crotchety old Veteran of Foreign Wars—married for years, father of multitudes—who finds the topic infinitely repugnant and amusing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead, she returned him to his agony with a blithe shrug of her shoulders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Look,” the witch whispered when dawn came, rosy and blithe. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I give him my best blithe smile, like a girl who thinks she has solved everyone’s problems. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the year she knew him, before they were married, she discovered a little magic in herself, and for a while felt like a blithe genie released from her lamp. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother fiddled with the sugar bowl, a blithe expression on her face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Taken as a blithe exercise in fantasy with historical trappings, the skewed results feel more inevitable than disappointing. Movie Review: Keanu Reeves Stars in ‘47 Ronin,’ an Old Samurai Tale 2013-12-24T19:17:07Z “The Wild Party” is not a blithe, fun musical: Its characters are starkly pinned between seedy dissolution and desperate boredom, which can be an aggravating place. Review | Strong cast throws a spirited ‘Wild Party’ at the Source 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z She may not be as blithe in her response this time. Police and press: ties under scrutiny in Britain 2011-07-14T17:33:08Z And, taking a vacation from the canon, it turned the dense Sondheim-Lapine musical “Into the Woods” into a blithe celebration of storytelling that crossed the Atlantic for a warmly received London run. Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed ‘Twelfth Night’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z At his best, Demand manipulates photographic light, shadow and paper to undercut our blithe acceptance of what the picture purports to tell us. Thomas Demand undercuts what we think photographs show us 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The big difference, though, is the blithe fun that Retaliation embodies and communicates. G.I. Joe Retaliation: Make That Redemption 2013-03-29T03:35:55Z But Alice’s adventures are perhaps most subversively appealing for their blithe indifference to the kind of tidy moralizing that had been a staple of Victorian children’s literature. | 'Wonderland': There?s No Place Like Queens 2011-04-18T02:01:04Z Burke, meanwhile, is a bag of Sour Patch Kids — glamorously wizened, blithe in both her wisdom and corruptibility. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z James McCaffrey oozes blithe corruptibility as Nick Pappas, a police detective who wants Johnny for the force. ‘Almost Home,’ About Vietnam, Debuts at the Acorn Theater 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Though Ms. Mnouchkine is more of a blithe cultural appropriator than a purveyor of stereotypes, the sex-crazed sheikhs seem to go too far. Review: ‘A Room in India’ Overflows With Astonishing Visions 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z This brave follow-up is even more uncomfortable and less narrative-driven, as a well-to-do family's get-together in the Scilly Isles turns into a slow, sparse drip of resentments, silences, joyless activities and blithe snobbery. This week's new films 2011-03-05T00:07:29Z The trial transcript offers an indication of the count’s blithe resistance to the spirit of the times. ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ is a charming reminder of what it means to be classy 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Less flatteringly, “Below the Line” addresses the issue of poverty with a blithe emulation of Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” which is facile on more than one level. New Albums by My Bloody Valentine, Josh Groban and Tim McGraw 2013-02-04T23:42:25Z Marilyn Monroe, doing more or less nothing while an elaborate headdress is being pinned in place and her makeup is being touched up, exudes a blithe lightness that radiates big, unholy knowledge. Classic Hollywood Photos That Reveal Who Movie Stars Are 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z I am so blithe, so bright, bird on briarWhen I see that handmaid in the hall:She is white-limbed, lovely, true,She is fair, and the flower of all. Poem of the week: Bird on a Briar by Anonymous 2013-03-25T10:53:30Z More often their blithe quaintness evoked the bygone British phrase “a small Isadora and soda.” Review: Sara Mearns Joins Isadora Duncan’s Maenads and Nymphs 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z While some felt that the Holocaust was a subject too serious for this blithe kind of treatment, others found a sorely needed venue to release their pent-up screams of approval. Why I love the shameless, gory, Nazi-killing catharsis of Amazon's Hunters 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z This blithe embrace of aspirational consumer capitalism colors the narrative in uneasy ways. Review | Dave Eggers tells the story of the most dangerous cup of coffee in the world 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Its skin is stained in late-breaking shades of sunset and mottled with char, little blithe grace notes everywhere. At Chicks Isan in Downtown Brooklyn, the Grilled Chicken Stands Above 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z McGrath’s blithe manner belied the troubled home life he endured as a youth, which included physical abuse at the hands of his father. Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled With Rare Recordings. 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z She’s drawn to what’s most unsettling about these fables: their disorienting logic, their blithe cruelty, their subtle encoding of race and gender. Review | Helen Oyeyemi’s ‘Gingerbread’ recipe: Fairy tales with a dash of surrealism 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z This blithe and boozy production is a product of painstaking theater archaeology, by a team led by Jack Viertel, the Encores! artistic director. Review: Encores! Serves a Bathtub Martini in ‘The New Yorkers’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Because, in the end, empathy and a blithe spirit will always yield a better experience for everyone. How to act in public spaces in a digital age 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Though frankly admiring of the men and their missions, he never succumbs to the blithe triumphalism of so many Hollywood-at-war stories. Books of The Times: Mark Harris’s ‘Five Came Back’ Covers Auteurs in Combat 2014-03-02T23:09:53Z As a result, most of them have become even more blithe, confident and precocious than some of their elders would have wished. With The Last Song, Miley Cyrus leaves her fans to their fate 2010-05-04T09:00:00Z Bret stood perfectly for what outraged me at that school, and terrified me, too, the blithe conversion of privilege into artistic fame. Books of The Times: Jonathan Lethem?s ?Ecstasy of Influence? - Review 2011-11-08T23:22:25Z The comedy arises from the tension between low expectation and high, between Kenan Thompson’s exasperation, as the host, and Boseman’s blithe rectitude, between regular folks and royalty. It’s Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way. 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z When he dances, the former “High School Musical” star has blithe style — he’s easy and light, bliss with class from the moment he starts swirling to “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Review | Want to get away? ‘Anything Goes’ sails into silly high seas 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Worst of all, though, is Corden’s blithe acceptance of the concept of a hummus sandwich. How to eat: hummus 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z But the play isn't quite as blithe as its title suggests. Angela Lansbury keeps spirits high in 'Blithe Spirit' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z That blithe belief endured a toxic hit on Nov, 30, 2013. In Furious 7, The Magnificent Slam-urai Bid Farewell to Paul Walker 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Will is a blithe, cheery leader: in his hands the music, sincere beyond all reason, is the perfect antidote to the sinister undercurrent of mistrust that runs throughout the series. Television: ?Glee?: Attitude, Yes, but Without a Song in Its Heart 2010-04-10T04:10:00Z The almost blithe beginning of this “King Lear,” the first version to be staged at this theater since 1973, teasingly matches the holiday mood that theatergoers bring to Shakespeare in the Park. ‘King Lear’ in the Park, Starring John Lithgow 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Few of his nu-disco peers so easily capture the blithe, almost campy spirit of old acts like Boney M. At 7 p.m., Pop & Rock Listings for July 29-Aug. 4 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Considering all this, Stravinsky’s “Madrid” — written for mechanical pianola but presented in a two-pianos version by Stravinsky’s son Soulima — was perhaps too blithe and evocative to represent the evening’s thesis. Critic’s Notebook: Bard Music Festival Focuses on Works in France and U.S. 2013-08-19T22:00:34Z Ms. Ebersole, blithe and brittle, is equally formidable in a lighter vein. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The movie’s air of blithe testiness was so pervasive that you could recast this with Dreyfuss in the lead and Heard lashing out as one of the overstressed parents and lose nothing. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z As warfare, it is casual verging on blithe. Taylor Swift Goes to a Darker Place: Discuss 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Commissioned in 1899 by Percy Wyndham to paint his daughters, the American artist captured the blithe supremacy of the British ruling class. Review | These three sisters were the one percent of the one percent — before it all crashed 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Graham refers to bits of trees on the lawn as “blithe footnotes,” reminding you that her poems are inquiries into linguistics as well as into nature. Review: In Jorie’s Graham’s ‘From the New World,’ Flux Is a Whirling Constant 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Beneath its blithe humor, it, too, is a bleak vision of mismatched lives and misguided mores. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z These stories unfold in a recognizable world of blithe, savvy youth culture, but one laced with Greenlandic language and cultural references. The Young Queer Writer Who Became Greenland’s Unlikely Literary Star 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, a disparaging generalization settled over country’s leading men: that they leaned on the blithe, boozy bangers that seemed to rule the genre — the trend referred to by critics as bro country. Bro Country Duets, but With Pop-Star Gals 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The French Riviera, where married Parisian media type Ferdinand and makeshift moll Marianne escape via a blithe crime spree, usually appears on screen in genteel pastels, not the bursting-hot primary colours it does here. The 10 best summer romance films 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The blithe grace with which Mr. Jackson delivered an air somersault and many dance phrases was marvelous. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival at Battery Park 2012-08-17T23:55:17Z The phrase lays out the blithe anachronisms and brazen amusement value of the Pulp Fiction dude’s latest tribute-provocation. Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves 2012-12-12T16:04:56Z Compared with the coarseness and hostility that dominate daytime radio and cable news, his blithe stupidity seems almost innocent. Movie Review: ‘Alan Partridge,’ Starring Steve Coogan 2014-04-03T22:44:42Z Her opening to “Some are Born” picks up the rhythm and diction of William Blake’s “Auguries of Innocence,” before switching into a Dorothy Parker voice of blithe stoicism: Michael Dirda on the misunderstood poet Stevie Smith 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The pleasingly bright flatness of Mr. Katz’s designs offers no resistance to the bland people cavorting with a sailboat in blithe disregard of any tonal changes in the music, selections from Poulenc’s “Les Biches.” Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Offers New and Old 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Watch their faces as they go though nearly forgotten paces, embracing, and recoiling from, the blithe young things they once were. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z In its blithe sense of social breakdown, “Revolution” would make an excellent double bill with George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” — the yin to the yang of the period’s most evocative American movie. Did They Wear Flowers in Their Hair? See the Happy Hippies in 1967 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Unlike the blithe “La La Land,” “Whiplash” was gruesomely tense, like a “Saw” film with floor toms instead of bear traps. ‘La La Land’ Is Stuck in Its Own Time 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z That work’s blithe spirit lingered after the second intermission, enhancing a positively glorious final segment of waltzes, gallops and operetta excerpts by the extended Strauss family and their stylistic kin. Music Review: Zubin Mehta Leads Final Concert in Festival 2014-03-17T22:11:13Z After an opening Allegro moderato movement that conveys aspiration, blithe, frolicsome passages in the Scherzo assert mounting anticipation. Music Review: Mehta Leads Philharmonic in Bruckner - Review 2012-01-13T23:23:17Z The blithe smile, the genial but steely authority he wears like a bespoke suit: that’s Smith since his Fresh Prince days. In 'Focus,' Will Smith Does His Best Cary Grant Impression 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Above all, the faux commercials capture the blithe contentment of white people, a fantasy of white supremacy that is inextricable from American history—and continues to sell goods and win elections today. “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,” a Faux Documentary That Skewers Real White Supremacy 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z But there’s a remarkable amount of the blithe indifference to racial intolerance or racial animus that’s percolating in their circles, bubbling up, that nobody has called them to account for. “Maybe it is not that you couldn’t. It is that you wouldn’t”: Michael Eric Dyson reflects on Obama’s complicated legacy on race 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Calling attention to commonplace accessories, humdrum crafts, misplaced masterpieces and blithe inequities is a focus of much contemporary design scholarship. 4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Monica Martin, the lead singer of Phox, usually sounds so blithe and nonchalant that it takes a while to notice how her songs teeter amid reassurance and anxiety, companionship and betrayal. New Albums by Riff Raff, Black Bananas and Phox 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z “I didn’t know what a wonderful blithe spirit he is,” Lithgow said. In ‘Perry Mason,’ Matthew Rhys Plays Defense 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Largely dispensing with knockabout farce, this long, blithe, clever film earned Edwards his only Oscar nomination, for adapted screenplay. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z Fauntleroy, as the more interesting Bones, brings an infectious sense of play to the production; his blithe performance in fact feels unmatched by the material, which even Fauntleroy’s enthusiasm can’t elevate. Review: In ‘Tambo & Bones,’ a Minstrel’s Guide to Making Money 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z For starters, she writes, with a blithe lack of self-awareness, that “I bet if I’d had great SAT scores, they would have accepted me.” Wall Street Journal gets a D in feminism 2013-04-02T20:11:00Z These are questions we are often uncomfortable with discussing, choosing instead a kind of blithe faith in our own powers of character discernment. The lies we live by: What “Gone Girl” and “Transparent” have in common 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z People live this, and you don't want to be blithe about it. Chuck Lorre is a man of many sitcom hats 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Back in 2008 Paris Hilton really was blithe enough not to notice that thieves were wandering in and helping themselves, over and over. Cannes 2013 roundup 2013-05-18T15:00:06Z But in these ostensibly blithe stories, Mr. Moran is describing a worldview, as well as a world, that informs every aspect of the story that follows, and it is equally steeped in guilt and wonder. Review: Reliving a Childhood Interrupted in ‘The Tricky Part’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The blithe sexism of Warshow’s formulation is very much to the point here. Unexpected Lessons From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Yet such borrowing often happens with a kind of blithe thoughtlessness, a creative entitlement. Fashion’s Year in Cultural Don’ts 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Like a psychiatrist self-analyzing, I paid close attention to how I felt during my deactivated period: freer, calmer, less concerned with my virtual persona and whether it portrayed me in a blithe, cool way online. Social media vacations don’t work 2012-08-07T16:00:00Z Neeson’s presence was always sombre rather than blithe, so that the sorrow and strain we project on to it only accentuates what was there before. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Astor’s yacht was reportedly the scene of wild parties, but his wife, who never set foot on it, merely dismissed inquiries with a blithe “The sea air is so good for him.” Manspreading, Renaissance-Style: 2 Experts Weigh In on Etiquette of Centuries Past 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Its enormous lapses in narrative and conceptual coherence — its blithe disregard for basic principles of science-fiction credibility — would be less irksome in the fantastical cosmos of animation. Review: ‘Tomorrowland,’ Brad Bird’s Lesson in Optimism 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s the unchecked race privilege — the belief in the normative nature of whiteness, leading to blithe intolerance like that expressed by Ms. Gries — that is nauseating. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Big Brother’ Becomes a Lab Experiment In Overt Racism 2013-07-16T22:44:18Z Keaton was blithe and flighty, Farrow more fragile and searching. Blue Jasmine: A Woody Allen Woman Under the Influence 2013-07-25T15:03:54Z Lewis’s occasionally blithe humor belies a surprisingly earnest argument. Can Surrogacy Remake the World? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z It hurts less when I can provide him with a blithe, devil-may-care attitude to other people’s opinions of him. Seen Rain Man? That doesn’t mean you know my autistic son 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Depending on who you are, the 2017 news of “Luther” returning for a fifth season was met with either cheer or derision, if not a blithe, “Is that still on?” Smart Watch: "Luther" and 5 more hot shows coming to TV in June 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Her attitude isn't one of blithe unconcern but uncomplicated directness. Angela Lansbury's spirit and star power burn as bright as ever 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Even better is the blithe feminism that makes “Spy” feel at once revolutionary and like no big deal. Review: In ‘Spy,’ Melissa McCarthy Is a C.I.A. Drudge Who Goes Rogue 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z His blithe clumsiness contributes to, and directly causes, a lot of hurt, visited especially on the next generation. Review: In ‘The Land of Steady Habits,’ Suburban Malaise, With a Twist 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “Stairway to Stardom” is a big, flashing target: This 1980s public-access cult phenomenon featured a wide variety of people strutting their stuff with a blithe confidence unsupported by any evidence of traditional talent. Review: A Talent for Talentlessness in ‘Stairway to Stardom’ 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z It sounds, in outline, like material the Farrellys would have once treated with blithe irreverence. ‘Champions’ Review: Following the Playbook 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z But Tania, quick and birdlike, with a high-pitched nervous laugh, and Syngin, blithe and unhurried, with a signature hair flip that will probably inspire drinking games, had different plans for their shared future. ‘90 Day Fiancé’: An Anti-Fantasy for Troubled Times 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Occasionally the album comes up for air, typically during another sort of Banks face-off, with male R&B singers: a blithe Ryan Leslie on “So Forgetful,” the willowy Lloyd on “Any Girl.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-11-22T23:10:00Z With twinkling arpeggios fortified by bubbly rhythm, in the style perhaps best described as “iPad commercial,” the song presents what seems at first blush like a pickup anthem, an ode to blithe submission. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-04T22:04:46Z And Angelou was, in a way, just as furious about the sheriff’s condescension, the blithe evil of warning the innocent to “lay low.” A Racist World, Described by Those Who Knew It 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z When it was revived by the school in 2008, it brought to the fore the young dancer Chase Finlay, whose young, noble-virile talent — paradoxically blithe and conscientious — made an immediate impression. Dance Review: Mercurial Dramas, Vertical and Horizontal 2011-06-02T22:00:35Z Abetted by the longtime producer and songwriter Babyface, the music stays sparse and cunning; trap percussion and blithe backup voices pop in, affirm her, and vanish. The Playlist: Christina Aguilera’s Bizarre Puzzle, and 13 More New Songs 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z That pattern of blithe banter went on for seven years until one day in 2013, when Mr. Rhodes suddenly produced for his acolyte a series of envelopes. Emitt Rhodes, a New Album Out, Emerges From His Slumber 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Yes, I seem to be the poet of these lopsided little romances, with desperate, shaky men and somewhat blithe women. Kevin Barry on Love and Weather 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z He recalls his sexual beginnings in secondary school with a blithe insouciance. Theater Review | 'A Life in Three Acts': Of Youth, Frocks and Politics: A Not-So-Ordinary Life 2010-03-08T06:24:00Z A venerable actor — Canada’s all-time greatest, some would say — confronts his character’s and his own mortality, complete with oxygen tubes and a blithe optimism. 2012 Oscar Nominations: Who Will Win? 2012-01-24T16:24:15Z It’s here that Friedkin’s blithe disregard for what the general public thinks emerges as the source of all his power; believe him or don’t believe him, it’s all the same as far as he’s concerned. William Friedkin: 'You don’t know a damn thing, and neither do I' 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z "We did the movie because we were enthusiastic about the novel ... and kind of in blithe disregard for the fact that this other version existed," he said. Coens' "True Grit" opens the Berlin film festival 2011-02-10T17:22:19Z The word “bro” once evoked blithe white-guy gregariousness, but in interviews, and in the frequent online videos he broadcast from his darkened lair, Shkreli seemed brainy and somewhat awkward, like an evil genius. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z His adventures are a blithe, surreal fable, a riff on themes Mr. Allen pursued with more aggression in “Celebrity.” Movie Review: Woody Allen’s Latest, ‘To Rome With Love’ 2012-06-21T12:00:00Z But his blithe mien dissolved as the first season wore on, growing meaner and coarser as his paranoia increased. New year, new "You": Netflix's stalker drama seeks romantic nirvana in a twisted Season 2 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z As a “home show” about “home shows,” “Living Here” tends toward the solipsistic and the songs too often stress Mr. Irving’s blithe holy fool persona. Review: ‘Living Here’ Sends Gideon Irving to Wander City Apartments 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The trajectory of this underground railroad is from blithe, barbed self-consciousness to the subconscious, where land mines you pretended didn’t exist keep exploding. Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Brydon, on the other hand, seems more obvious, blithe and needy, the class clown, but it's also something of a wall between him and the world. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z And please steer clear of “Single, Happy, Mellow” if you want to read about blithe people with any of those characteristics. Review: ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ Except for That Illicit Affair 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “Talk That Talk” is the blithest Rihanna album, which is saying a lot. New Music: ?Talk That Talk? by Rihanna - Music Review 2011-11-21T19:30:09Z Caleb is blithe about his shortcomings, admitting that “I’m not the type to dot my i’s or even fully dry my back after a shower.” In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z She is subject to blithe sexism and assured, “That’s just who he is.” A Tech Insider Stylishly Chronicles Her Industry’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z When the players had a clear, distinctive musical character to embody — a blithe movement from the Telemann quartet or the slumber aria from Bach’s cantata — they tackled it with focused collaboration. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Craigie is elegant and blithe, Ms. Hanna incisive and wry, Ms. Watson just a bit wicked. Broadway’s ‘Aunties’ Enjoy Their Downtime 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Bouder, now often so mannered in ballets by George Balanchine, was at her freest and blithest. Taking the Pulse of New York City Ballet Without Peter Martins 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z And then there's the perception that, among established people in the entertainment industry, a certain blithe arrogance isn't uncommon. "He made their lives miserable": How the showrunner of a popular courtroom drama finally got fired 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Let the likes of Radiohead innovate, he said recently; he's more comfortable playing blithe soft rock that will never change the world. Jack Johnson: To the Sea 2010-05-27T22:55:00Z It is a blithe, creeping funk song with lyrics that insist upon resolution—upon scuffling parties finding a way to understand each other. The True Gladness of Allen Toussaint 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The blithe simplicity of her complex story is itself part of Hollywood’s mysterious, endlessly fascinating, and repelling essence. A Brilliant, Unknown Memoir About Classic Hollywood 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z But on “Home Boy” he converts blithe charm into a knowing, almost meditative brand of humor. Complete Eric B. & Rakim, a Fresh Look at Wire and a Whole Lotta Guns N’ Roses 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But it is hard to hear the blithe joviality of Mozart’s starling or Mozart’s Papageno in the spiky, anxious birds of the 2012 . Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-13T22:44:48Z Here it reads as a blithe lexicon of the paint treatments that can be found throughout the show. Art Review: Matisse at MoMA: Carving With Color 2010-07-15T16:01:00Z An opening movement that anticipates Bruckner’s sensations of tremulous piety and majestic ascent gives way to a clockwork ballad, a show of blithe spirits and an acidic jollity that borders on mania. Music Review: Interpreting Several Phases of a Singular Creator 2011-02-27T22:57:49Z His outright great guest appearances — sneering and vicious on Drake’s “Crew Love,” puffy-chested and blithe on Wiz Khalifa’s “Remember You” — often grab hold of other people’s songs and reshape them in his image. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Kiss Land’ is the Weeknd’s New Album 2013-09-08T21:45:10Z What seems like a healthy amount of curiosity often lapses into a self-absorbed journey into the contours of blithe ignorance. The new Viceland channel perfects the modern journalistic art of playing dumb 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Naranjo recognizes the strengths of those older three amigos—their narrative ingenuity, fluid camera style and blithe audacity—and synthesizes them in Miss Bala. Miss Bala: Beauty and the Beasts in a Mexican Drug War 2012-01-19T19:15:02Z Truth is, when Nas is at his blithest, he’s no fun. Critic’s Notebook: New Nas Welcomes the Nas of Old 2012-07-18T22:26:11Z It captures the blithe ineptitude of our foreign policy so perfectly. Perspective | What’s happening in Afghanistan can’t be reduced to images with historic parallels. When will we learn to see things in real time? 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Only those insulated by extreme wealth could evince such blithe disregard for leather goods more costly than some used cars. The Shock of Chopping Up a Chanel Bag 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In the lyrics, she even drops a winking reference to the initial hits that established her name in town, “My Church” and “80s Mercedes,” hoping to channel some of that earlier, blithe confidence. Maren Morris, a Pop-Curious Hitmaker, Is Country, After All 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It was a majestically funny, self-aggrandizing performance, full of seething hostility and blithe boasts. 6ix9ine, also known as Tekashi69, danced to “Bad Boys,” the theme from “Cops,” while swinging a pair of handcuffs. 6ix9ine, the Chaos Agent 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z That kind of blithe attitude, however ironically couched, helps the industry continue its self-protective culture of secrecy. Harvey Weinstein Is Going to Prison. But That’s Just a Starting Point. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s hard to tell if he’s being blithe or defiant when he insists he still lives his life totally normally, unaffected by fans. Keanu Reeves: ‘Grief and loss, those things don’t ever go away’ 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The lead – brittle, babbling, blithe Midge – is framed as a saint, but somehow manages to steamroller everyone else. Sorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z It seemed to me that the market for these inanimate bodies was a reflection of a similar kind of sexual entitlement and blithe objectification of women. What I learned about male desire in a sex doll factory 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Rife with corruption and petty thievery, stricken by routine power outages and plagued by the general public’s blithe disregard for competence, order and even history, this muggy delta metropolis both agitates and stifles sensitive souls. ‘Every Day is for the Thief:’ back home in tumultuous Lagos 2014-03-20T21:15:07Z Once upon a time, the stakes were low enough that America’s youth could afford the luxury of blithe non-participation without fascism sneaking in behind them. Animal House at 40: why the slobs v snobs comedy remains essential 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z A blithe run-through of the sexual prejudices and preferences of feckless young men, in which celebrity is celebrated more than excoriated? Your next box set: Entourage 2011-03-04T08:00:03Z How have their lives differed from the eternal symbols of blithe, puckish innocence they inspired? London theater, 2013: Not a bargain, but the real deal 2013-05-08T21:15:06Z Henry’s confession that he inadvertently began “pleasuring” himself on the commuter train strikes me as rather blithe for the era — or any era — as does Elizabeth’s shrugging reception of this news. Theater Review | 'When the Rain Stops Falling': Fish Soup and Bad Weather, Across the Decades 2010-03-09T08:12:00Z It followed it with an ideally blithe account of the elegantly lopsided Allegro con grazia, one of Tchaikovsky’s most endearing inventions. Music Review: The New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-29T20:02:41Z Lady Pamela presents an honest yet blithe portrayal of her famous, eccentric family and offers a rare glimpse into the inner circle of Britain’s royalty. ‘Daughter of Empire’: life at the top of England’s aristocracy 2013-12-31T23:07:05Z As a primer in generous and lively writing, “First You Write a Sentence” is blithe and convincing. Want to Learn How to ‘Nail the Jelly of Reality to the Wall’? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Her songs — like Gotye’s, in some ways — are blithe, snappy, intricate constructions that hint at Afro-Caribbean beats, rock, funk, soul, and they usually hop through a few transformations before they’re done. ArtsBeat: Working Hard at SXSW: Kimbra 2012-03-16T02:08:37Z The blithe smile, the easy authority: that’s Smith since his Fresh Prince days. Will Smith's Charming Con 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But I'm not sure the blithe pro-war stance of Duck Soup hasn't lasted better as a clue to how crazy the 30s were. Duck Soup: No 7 2010-10-18T10:47:00Z We see blithe certainty turn to niggling doubt, and then, on election night, to devastation; Power and Rhodes, caught on camera at would-be festivities, look as if they have been punched in the gut. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z But the sequence made sense: Emanuel Ax, blithe and buoyant in a crystalline account of the Haydn, is the artist in residence at the Philharmonic; Mr. Rouse is the composer in residence. Music Review: Alan Gilbert Leads a Program of Haydn and Rouse 2013-06-21T20:22:22Z These gags aren't cynical, but their blithe spirit is part of the problem. Aziz Ansari – review 2013-06-17T14:00:46Z Yet despite the novel premise, "Hysteria" feels as though it's going through the motions as the filmmakers strain to deliver one of those blithe little costume charmers that can rouse art-house audiences to ecstasy. Review: 'Hysteria' has a few oohs, aahs, no Big O 2012-05-15T14:30:20Z I had been in Jamaica five days, and finally I was steeping myself in the singsong and blithe spirit of the island. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z But the heart of the programme was Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, in a performance brimming with collaborative spontaneity, sensitivity and blithe swagger. BBCSSO/Manze – review 2012-10-28T14:00:38Z The whole scene was exactly as it always has been — loud, busy, blithe. Boston bombing: We would have been standing right there 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z Clearly, this is delightful fodder for Mr. Heginbotham — a former member of the Mark Morris Dance Group — whose choreography melds blithe innocence with stringent steps. ‘Chalk and Soot’ in White Light Festival 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Like her best-known characters, Ms. Posey carries herself with a blithe spirit that conceals a cutting sense of humor. With ‘Lost in Space,’ Parker Posey Finds an Unlikely Home in Serial TV 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Look more closely, however, and you’ll see that almost all of the same blithe models are pictured on the home pages of both the liberal and conservative Web sites. Narrowing the Field Before Playing It 2011-01-06T00:48:26Z Brutal and efficient, our grizzled hero has the blithe, stolid invulnerability of a video game character, dismembering limbs, snapping necks and patching up his own wounds without breaking a sweat. ‘Sisu’ Review: Sweat Wicking 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The New York Times noted that AuCoin portrayed Caesar’s great nephew “with the blithe cockiness of the lead singer in a boy band.” Supporting character: Washington-raised actor in two top D.C. series 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z At the waltz’s start, Ms. Phelan swayed from side to side to the beat with such blithe pliancy that she at once became the number’s heartbeat. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Required to range from the hoydenish to the blithe, she rises to it with a performance that is alert, funny and deliciously un-twee. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ? review 2011-03-01T01:50:25Z They document the youthful bravado that fueled the subjects’ early ambition, the defensive cockiness that quickly captivated fans and the blithe ignorance of the pressures and constraints that are yet to come. Perspective | Nicki Minaj and a stack of pancakes? These rare images capture another side to hip-hop. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Audiences will surely see where the film is going as it sets up a quite rigidly explored dichotomy between blithe believing and scientific certainty. Review: Allen casts a limp spell in ‘Magic’ 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z It's as if he realizes for the first time that they are suffering human beings just the way he is, and that his blithe Hawaiian businessman's optimism is an utterly inadequate response and always was. "The Descendants": Clooney's Oscar-worthy role as a Hawaiian dad 2011-09-14T00:30:00Z Of course it’s really a critique of blithe submission: reconsider that withering title, which anchors a deceptively breezy chorus. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-04T22:04:46Z His blithe commentary on everything happening before our eyes makes the show — and he’s not entirely on the side of the contestants. Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s unclear whether he is tormented or blithe, pleading innocence or confessing guilt. ‘The Antiquarian,’ a Macabre Novel About a Search for Truth 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The blithe way Mr. Hasselhoff finesses his image problem might have been a problem in the past, but nowadays jokes about serious drinking aren’t taboo, they are de rigueur. The TV Watch: Where Alcoholism Drinks in the Laughs 2010-12-02T23:21:00Z William James in The Hurt Locker, who defuses bombs with a blithe disregard for his safety, because he knows he’s That Good. Review: In American Sniper, Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper Are Right on Target 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z And with his customary blithe enthusiasm, he has torn down other walls. The Artist Rob Pruitt: Paradox on a Pedestal 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z This was happy, boisterous music-making: the punchy opening chords glowed with blithe confidence; the fast movements sparkled with daring, dynamic energy; the sound of the orchestra was rounded and robust. SCO/Ticciati – review 2013-03-19T17:17:15Z Yes, when we all had the blithe assumption that houses would always rise in value, that bankers were always going to get £3m bonuses. Rachel Johnson: 'The "Boris's sister" thing pisses me off' 2012-11-11T00:05:25Z Santi White — has a perpetually blithe and perky voice, a mezzo-soprano chirp that in an earlier decade might have been at home delivering bubble gum pop ditties on AM radio. On a Surprise Album, Santigold Returns with Blithe Pop and Big Ideas 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z This apprehension in turn feeds a dangerous nostalgia for a time that seems like a paradise, but was in fact the by-product of a blithe ignorance. A brief survey of the short story part 33: Deborah Eisenberg 2011-04-13T10:09:30Z But don't be too blithe or dismissive, because jolting relevancies arrive page by page. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z Meanwhile, Flora dances with the windblown petals, blithe to our worries and privations. Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z But where Dawkins comes off as a raging, insensitive tool is in his blithe assumption that human reactions ought to be predictable and similar. Richard Dawkins doesn’t get to define sex abuse 2013-09-11T19:00:00Z The tenor Stephen Costello sang with blithe, poised arrogance — and his characteristic physical stiffness, his stock gestures, somehow worked. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The production covers much ground, some of it filled with land mines, with blithe smoothness and friendly accessibility. Review: Thinking Outside (and Inside) B.F. Skinner’s Box 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z "The city was making its own statement, by not seeing," she says, but the image also alludes to Norway's insularity, and a blithe indifference to the financial crises in Europe and elsewhere. Singer Jenny Hval: 'I'm so cruel' 2013-04-18T05:00:01Z Given the timeline that we face, this blithe acceptance of indecision is a road map for catastrophe. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z And her subject matter is far from blithe, in keeping with the recent wave of feminist teen-pop. Sure, Daya Wants to Visit the Club. But She Doesn’t Want to Live There. 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z He’s blithe, sure and free as air even amid the most exact steps. Review: A Low-Key and Witty Premiere by Pam Tanowitz 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z This is sobering, and it makes the rest of the show seem inappropriately blithe by comparison. Review: ‘Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play’ Is a Rogues’ Gallery 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z And even if he missed the awfulness of the comment, his blithe assumption that you will shoulder his parents’ racial education is entitled and insensitive. My Boyfriend’s Parents Are Ignorant About Race. Why Should I Have to Teach Them? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Kunitz seemed to draw such energy from the garden that he became almost comically blithe to his advanced age. The symbiotic relationship between poets and the garden 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z And “Smile,” by Charlie Chaplin, was drained of pathos, reworked into a blithe polyrhythmic romp. Music Review: Nnenna Freelon: Vocalist Who Bends Melodies 2010-05-12T20:28:00Z Would a new version move on from all that, or would it trot gleefully back to the basic misogyny and blithe mental-health stigmatisation of the 80s? Show me the bunny! Fatal Attraction is being turned into a TV show 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z It also aims for the trenchant political wit of Tom Stoppard in his “Rock ‘n’ Roll” mode, and Gogol’s blithe way with bureaucratic satire. Review: Real Russians and Fake News in ‘Describe the Night’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z It's Alan's blithe incontinence which explains the affection in which he's held, suggests why we root for him. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – first look review 2013-07-24T14:26:31Z Most importantly, the conductor paid apt attention to the emotional complexity of the Second Symphony, a mature masterpiece too often diminished by blithe assertions of its allegedly “sunny” disposition. Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in a deeply satisfying Brahms program 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Olive is, in short, anything but a blithe spirit, which makes the arrival of a supernatural presence in her living room mirror an unusually unlikely occurrence. | 'Olive and the Bitter Herbs': Co-Op?s Old Crank Finds a Fresh Spirit 2011-08-17T02:30:38Z Because a primary component of records is history, not all party content is blithe and quirky. The Record Keepers’ Rave 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z For a movie that’s very much about different shades of transgression, Elizabeth goes about her research with a blithe indifference to boundaries. 'May December' is a slippery, superbly acted tour de force 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z This demand gives the lie to a common misconception of liberalism, namely, that it is an ethic of insouciant self-indulgence, a politics for blithe egoists. Why liberalism drives so many people crazy 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z "We marshalled enormous resources and people's passion and we implemented great cruelty. How could we be so blithe with suffering?" New Zealand seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z His blithe confidence on the world stage was not only visible in his reception of Assad. Saudi embrace of Assad sends strong signal to US 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Some herd immunity advocates offered their blithe forecasts in a misguided, if not dishonest, attempt to provide comfort to the American public. Column: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Thomas's evident disdain for ethical standards, which includes his blithe attitude toward his wife's activism, has contributed to the Supreme Court's steadily declining approval ratings. Term limits for the Supreme Court? Yes — it's constitutional, and it's high time 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Such blithe thinking frequently caused Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan to lament “the leakage of reality from American life.” Opinion | With the Silicon Valley Bank rescue, welcome to capitalism without risk 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z This was true enough, in a formal sense, but also a pretty blithe way to frame a decision whose impact was eminently foreseeable. Opinion | How the Supreme Court turned America into a casino 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Palmer acknowledges this with a blithe neutrality, saying “we should be just as wary of inflation of uncertainty as of attempts to make predictions more certain than can be justified.” Uncertainty Can Speed Up Climate Action 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z But the film suffers from a similar problem, depicting her crisis with the blithe touch of a stand-up routine. Review | Not-so-great ‘The Good House’ plays like an alcoholism-themed rom-com 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z She is blithe about the risks of experimenting with large-scale Earth systems, saying that if geoengineering interventions produced unhappy side effects, we could just stop. Review | How to deal with climate refugees? Probably not like this. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z “This blithe disregard for user data and FTC settlements cannot stand.” Congress is investigating Twitter whistleblower claims 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Jirsa combines such glossy everyday objects — actual or simulated with adept trompe-l’oeil painting — as black plastic trash bags, pink neon-tube hearts and metallic Mylar balloons emblazoned with, of course, blithe grins. Review | In the galleries: Big messages conveyed in close quarters 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z While some defended Domino’s in Italy as being superior to the American version, many in the country were blithe about the chain’s demise. Domino’s leaves Italy, where — surprise — diners prefer local pizza 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z We resumed flying, but I was not the same blithe co-pilot from a few seconds ago. Learn to rise to the occasion with an intro flying course 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z So thoroughly successful has this partnership been that generations have grown up in blithe ignorance of it. Opinion | In their excesses, Putin and Xi might be unwittingly saving the West 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z This is one of the profound questions raised by reading Coco Mellors’ tantalizing but blithe debut novel, “Cleopatra and Frankenstein,” whose Manhattanites run on stimulants and drown in alcohol. Review: A debut novel of love and privilege that's made for TV 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Djokovic’s response, and that of his team, to various protocols instituted to combat the pandemic has been alternately blithe, coy and hostile over the past 18 months. Novak Djokovic’s vaccine exemption for Australian Open is met with skepticism 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Given their blithe disregard for pandemics and climate change, such a victory would, of course, be pyrrhic. A Nationalist International? Thanks to German taxpayers, the far right gets a global think tank 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Her face looked rosy-cheeked and blithe, as if she was trying to believe the cryotherapy had worked. A Brief Introduction to Philosophy (Through a Certain Sex Act) 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z She wears a schoolgirl skirt to a floor vote on an increase of the minimum wage and delivers her nay with a thumbs down … and a blithe curtsy in the face of the working poor. Perspective | The gray and the pink 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “All this means that, despite Democrats’ blithe assurances, demography is not destiny. Democrats reject common sense solutions on border security 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z While mass and social media offer a superficially cosmopolitan perspective on global culture, writers like Ruffin reveal that travel is often less about cultural immersion than blithe escapism. Review: A symphonic new story collection plays variations on New Orleans in all its masquerades 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Instead, GOP lawmakers have weaponized both issues to excite their base, while showing blithe indifference to the burdens they’re imposing on Texans. Editorial Roundup: Texas 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z In LaSalle’s “Dream State,” San Francisco is framed as blithe and indifferent to the concerns of mere mortals. How California's culture industry manufactured the California dream 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z It may help all of us challenge Silicon Valley’s blithe dismissal of the world it is creating: “Let them braid hair.” Review: AI's humble beginnings and potentially sinister future 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z It was a similarity that allowed us to voice that perennial expression of blithe optimism and say, there’s not a cloud in the sky. Of bright, breezy Sunday, it could be said ‘there’s not a cloud in the sky’ 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z A Chinese admiral observes that Americans’ “moral certitude, their single-minded determination, their blithe optimism undermined them at this moment as they struggled to find a solution to a problem they didn’t understand.” How an admiral and a war vet-turned-novelist teamed up on a smart technothriller 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Yet much of the Republican base — encouraged by Biden's predecessor — is oddly blithe about the threat the pandemic poses, compared with their countrymen with different politics. Opinion | Bipartisanship is nice, but you can’t negotiate with fantasy and lies 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z At other junctures, the president was almost blithe in his dismissal of the much-scrutinized Georgia tally, which has been subject to audits and hand recounts. 'Find' winning votes for him, Trump demands in taped call with Georgia official 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z She was blithe to the angry beeps from passing motorists, while I flinched and stomped my imaginary brake pedal. Perspective | As the pandemic raged, my independent mother’s memory worsened, her isolation increased — and I was far away 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z But nobody I’ve ever covered treats an audience with the blithe disdain of Mr. Ruddy. The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z The spectacle of Lennie swallowing Alexander’s blithe promises, at grave risk to her pride and reputation, is as grisly as any crime of passion. Review: Class struggle is murder in a lean, unsparing British debut mystery 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z These weren’t the blithe transactions of a slick journalist. The Trump Presidency Is Ending. So Is Maggie Haberman’s Wild Ride. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Biden, stumping alongside former President Obama, was scathing in response to Trump’s blithe statements regarding the pandemic. Is the election over when it's over? Fears Trump vs. Biden could go into overtime 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Although his couch is dangling over the newly-formed precipice, he is blithe to the danger until a split second before it teeters over the edge, causing him to hop off. Review | ‘Creaks’: It might melt your brain, but it’s beautiful and whimsical "It was an indication of the blithe optimism of Cool Britannia that people managed to get away with waving flags. In today's political climate exactly the same act would be seen as deeply troubling." Britpop's fights, flags and fall from grace 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Bringing the blithe spirit of Pig Iron’s avant-gardism to Zoom is an admirable effort, but both the tumultuous nature of the times and the specificity of the technological platform must be more carefully considered. Commentary: Theaters nobly fill the COVID void, but screens make me miss the stage even more 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Maybe an unwritten constitution could weather a contradiction like that, but a written one cannot, and Trump’s blithe promise that a new justice would automatically overturn Roe, unlike so many of his statements, had foundations. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death means pro-choicers have a fight on their hands | Zoe Williams 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Chastened for their blithe opinions about Donald Trump’s electability four years ago, Democrats are sincerely worried that Trump will win again. Hits and misses from the conventions 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The spring of 1980 shattered that blithe unawareness, making “volcanic hazards a continental American issue,” she said. The Mount St. Helens Eruption Was the Volcanic Warning We Needed 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z But this kind of blithe dismissal of the presumptive Democratic nominee misreads both the politician and the times. The fight is on for progressives to push Biden to the left. They might just win | Cas Mudde 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z By their blithe cost-benefit analyses that imply that our older people might be acceptable sacrifices at the altar of economic revival. Older does not equal expendable. We need to act in a way that protects our elders from coronavirus 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z That phrase itself reflects the blithe taxonomy of pandemic triage — whatever doesn’t kill you must be mild or moderate. Opinion | I probably have a ‘mild to moderate’ case of covid-19. I don’t think I could survive worse. 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z In others, paralyzing hesitancy, defiant bravado or blithe disregard dominated. America’s Economy Begins to Shut Down as Pandemic Measures Take Hold 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z To athletes, already predisposed to self-sacrifice, the reaction is probably more akin to blithe defiance. The spectre of a cancelled Olympics belongs to a different, scarier world | Jonathan Liew 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z It was the right kind of music to be incubated in virtual reality: silly, uncanny, full of adrenaline, and blithe about mainstream trends. 100 gecs’ Musical Scrap Yard 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z If Kauffmann had more deeply engaged with the film, I might have overlooked his blithe male chauvinism. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Does he reckon that blithe self-confidence was ever mistaken for arrogance? Sol Campbell: ‘Trouble is people got the wrong end of the stick about me’ 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The camera zooms in on the surface of the stone, and soon we’re suspended in a swell of C.G.I. — pink-flecked shards of bewildering diffraction, a tunnel of blithe and kaleidoscopic light. Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z With the blithe insouciance of an expert party crasher, he said, “We’re gonna go and see if we can get inside.” The Circus Comes to the House Impeachment Inquiry 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z You can't be a blithe spirit any more while you're making a record and dealing with the mortality of your friends. 'We didn't want to become the dancing monkey' 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Brexit, the rise of populism and the constitutional crisis in which we are still utterly ensnared – despite the passing distraction of the Tory leadership circus – undermines that sort of blithe optimism. The cult of optimism got us into this mess. It’s time to embrace pessimism | David Olusoga 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But when we look at his grinning, blithe, madman’s denialism, we see our own reflections, a death's head in a distorted mirror. Had enough debate about Donald Trump? Me too. He's a tyrant and a killer: He must be stopped 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z “Bogey free is nice,” he said, smiling, but again with a blithe shrug. Arjun Atwal, a Monday qualifier, is in contention in only his third PGA Tour start this season - Golf Digest 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Although she played a crucial part in her husband's journey, and her blithe spirit complemented George's shy personality perfectly, Donna Archer deflects the credit. The Masters champion who couldn't read or write - Golf Digest 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z "Cute" requires a certain degree of blithe innocence that you simply can't attain when you're born into such opulence, sipping apple juice upon velvet upholstery while counting rings you've never seen. Little Yankees fan never wanted Manny Machado anyway thank you very much - Golf Digest 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z She’s one of the most magnetic new actresses on screen, equally capable of showing vulnerability and pain as well as a blithe, easy humor. Review: ‘Happy Death Day 2U’ goes back to the future 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z It is hardly necessary here to reiterate the myriad sins that Trump has openly committed or the blithe ignorance of scripture he betrayed during the presidential campaign. In revering Trump, the religious right has laid bare its hypocrisy | Samuel G Freedman 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z But Ross’ blithe attitude toward consumer debt serves as a teachable moment, for both the administration and hard-pressed workers. Here's why Wilbur Ross is dead wrong about borrowing money during financial hardship 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z To some journalists and critics, this coverage offers a necessary corrective to years of blithe utopianism from the tech press. Democrats ran influence campaigns in at least three states during the midterm elections 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z If Blunt is my favorite living actress, it’s partly because she brings to mind those other performers—no longer alive, but immortal—who traded with equal ease in the mystery of blithe spirits. “Mary Poppins Returns”—with a Spoonful Less Sugar 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z To do so with blithe disregard for the impact upon our planet’s operating system is careless and dangerous, and we must demand better. Monumental Disaster at the Department of the Interior 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In this blithe indie, the apps that promise to connect us — from iMessage to Tinder — are just as likely to keep us in isolation, as are our own self-absorbed tendencies. Review: Splitting the apartment brings millennial couple insights in comedy 'Wobble Palace' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z She is a blithe spirit and much too glib for me. My daughter invited me to a long day at the theme park. What choice did I have? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z I don’t say this because “boys will be boys” — a blithe slander on the character of boys generally. Opinion | The least-bad solution to the Kavanaugh dilemma 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Joffe remains blithe about partnerships as well as the company’s long-term strategy. Dover Street Market Expands While Defying Retail Convention 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Even so, he was his usual blithe self about Russia in the news conference with Theresa May at Chequers. Opinion | Trump, Having a Bawl in Europe 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z He imbued everything he sang with a blithe sense of freedom, as if he were unconstrained by the pessimism and fatalism of his blues and country predecessors. This cabaret wants you to take Elvis Presley’s music seriously 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z There are plenty of reasons to be dubious about the plan, including the blithe overuse of “blockchain” as a buzzword and a panacea to all currency problems. Akon wants to found a ‘real-life Wakanda’ using his own cryptocurrency 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The same insouciance that allows Druckerman’s blithe retelling of her threesome also gets her through an account of her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which leaves her bald from chemotherapy. Review | A midlife crisis that includes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a threesome 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z But her apparent nonchalance, which manifested itself in blithe entries in her journal, was merely a short-term coping mechanism. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z These nudges aren’t needed in a movie whose best moments mirror the frustrations of real life, not the dramatic climaxes of Shakespearean tragedy or the blithe choruses of pop songs. Review | ‘Disobedience’ is about more than Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams’s sex scene. It’s about freedom. 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr Trump is blithe about debts and deficits, insisting that tax cuts passed in 2017 will pay for themselves. Paul Ryan’s retirement suggests his brand of conservatism has lost 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z This is the same tactic touted by a blithe Nancy Pelosi in 2010, when she crowed of the need to pass the bloated Obamacare bill in order to find out what it contained. The D.C. swamp is alive, well and flush with $1.3 trillion 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z It was also the sort of blithe fiction the Trump administration usually peddles without public pushback from career civil servants. Opinion | At ICE, the truth is malleable 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Simpson’s blithe assertion that Mr. Steele was on the lookout for disinformation is a joke, worthless. Dossiers and Disinformation 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Smith, sporting her signature page-boy haircut, brought an imperturbably blithe spirit to the festivities, hewing to the melody despite Prima’s efforts to throw her off. Keely Smith, nightclub singing sensation with husband Louis Prima, dies at 89 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z “Talk shows were once promotional pit stops for some blithe chit chat about movies, etc.,” Alec Baldwin slams John Oliver for grilling Dustin Hoffman: Talk shows have become ‘grand juries’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Tillerson has been less blithe in his handling of the issue. Replacing Tillerson With Pompeo Would Supplant a Moderate With a Hawk 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z A bird on the ballet stage is rarely a blithe spirit. Tarred and feathered: the blackest visions of Swan Lake 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Quavo’s drug use is as improvisatory as it is blithe, and is just one example in a rap scene where substance abuse has become normalised. The death of Lil Peep: how the US's prescription drug epidemic is changing hip-hop 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Though “The Government Inspector” is a blithe romp, outfitted here with vivacious dances and Russian-esque music, its cynical outlook and exposé of grotesque corruption were scandalously realistic in Gogol’s day. Review: Seattle Shakespeare’s ‘Government Inspector’ keeps us laughing 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Petty was always blithe and generous about other artists borrowing from him. Tom Petty: the rock star who was a music fan as much as a musician 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The animal spirits of Wall Street are gliding through the craziness as blithe as Percy Shelley’s skylark. Opinion | We’re running out of time on tax reform 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z But, as is often the case with Melania, this act of rebellion was quickly followed by an act of conformity so blithe and lacking in self-awareness it can only be described as Trumpian. Malfunction of the Melania-bot: was the first lady’s Missoni dress an act of rebellion? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z On this day, I had passed a fateful frontier of experience, and was no longer as blithe or as nonchalant as once I’d been. ‘Words are the best weapons with which to come to terms with ageing’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z This might explain his blithe, reality-defying declaration of “a great day at the White House!” as he sacked the communications director he had hired 10 days before. The Guardian view on Trump: chaos rules | Editorial 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z In a few strokes, the coverage shifted from blithe neglect to breathless over-dramatisation. Venezuela's El Sistema musicians still play to the government's tune 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The blithe willingness to buy unprovenanced artifacts emboldens a black market that robs countries of their heritage, often to the profit of those who do terrible violence. Opinion | Hobby Lobby emboldens a black market that robs countries of their heritage — and lets the violent profit 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Another sign of fiscal fraud: the budget’s blithe assumption that we will hit 3 percent annual growth in gross domestic product over an extended period. Opinion | The Trump scandal that has nothing to do with Russia 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Our chief film critic argues that his blithe efficiency in the role was the truest expression of the 007 ideal. Manchester, Pope Francis, Uber: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z In truly blithe MIA style, she adds: “It’s just when you have too many ideas and not enough ways to get them out.” MIA: ‘This a white country, you don’t have to spell it out to me’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Her supporters would laud the court for having restrained a woman who, with blithe unilateralism, had attempted to put an ocean between a small boy and one of his mothers. What Makes a Parent? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z In earlier, blithe days, I’d simply allowed the contents of books to gather agreeably in my head as I read and then file out when I was done. Opinion | Why You Should Read Books You Hate 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The presidential spokesman’s blithe recommendation was that those who, “in their opinion” suffered abuse by law enforcement officials should report the cases to authorities. Gay men in Chechnya are being tortured and killed. More will suffer if we don’t act | Syma Tariq 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z For anyone, especially another woman, to dismiss it with a blithe “one in four” comment while banging the privilege drum is spectacularly misguided. Why can women be so mean to each other? 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z But such a cynic lacks the blithe self-confidence of the liberal establishment, which believes itself driven by reason while steadfastly resisting all empirical evidence it doesn’t like. How the DudeBros ruined everything: A totally clear-headed guide to political reality 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z But if British politicians are insufficiently mindful of that built-in obstacle, they are far too blithe about the sheer complexity of the undertaking that is about to begin. Brexit is about to get real. Yet we are nowhere near ready for it | Jonathan Freedland 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The biggest problem of all, though, is the blithe assumption that the dollar exchange rate would neatly move to offset the tax/subsidy scheme. Trump's border tax could damage the US a lot more than a wall | Kenneth Rogoff 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z While some “shadow” coverage is jaunty and blithe, other reports are not. ‘Shadow presidency’ against Trump has news media obsessed 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z But Kim’s bumptiousness, including blithe defiance of repeated, unanimous UN security council condemnations and sanctions, does not mean that he is a man on the brink of losing the plot. Death of Kim Jong-nam: depictions of North Korea hide threat of dictatorship 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Are the kids finally waking up and after decades of blithe ignorance and deciding to finally educate themselves about social studies? George Orwell’s ‘1984’ book awakens liberals 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z It is part of our hourly adventures in the News Feed, with its blithe slide show of photogenic pastries and bloodied refugees. The Big and Small of Bad Internet News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Worse still, Trump and those like him not only lie: they imply that the truth doesn’t matter, showing a blithe indifference to whether what they say is grounded in reality or evidence. Don’t not call it post-truth. There’s a simpler word: lies | Jonathan Freedland 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z There was no narrative space left for Garner’s blithe admission of her youthful affair with an older tutor, and certainly not for her appreciation of its educative richness. Helen Garner’s Savage Self-Scrutiny 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z To be a blithe celebration of the root word of “pop,” giving awards to artists who show up. American Music Awards 2016: anti-Trump sentiment peppers pop's timid party 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The combination of free-form opportunism, heroic self-regard, blithe contempt for expertise, and an airy sense of infallibility has contributed to Trump’s profound estrangement from the truth. The New Yorker Endorses Hillary Clinton 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z He was a founding member and first violinist of the blithe Armadillo String Quartet, which performed serious music alongside humorous compositions with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Barry Socher, violinist for the L.A. Phil for 35 years: 'He treated every single note as if it were holy' 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z That, along with a blithe comment he made in this week’s debate about a hypothetical 400-pound hacker, set off a wave of concern over fat-shaming. Roy Moore, U.S. Presidential Race, ‘Deepwater Horizon’: Your Friday Evening Briefing 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z For instance, in “Nature,” Emerson writes: “Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball.” Fortress of Tedium: What I Learned as a Substitute Teacher. 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z When asked if he has a professional endgame, Meyer offers a blithe “No.” Ron Meyer, Hollywood’s Mr. Nice Guy 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s the quintessential Trump formulation, with its blend of attentive flattery and barely concealed lack of interest, its blithe irresponsibility. The Conspiracy Theorists’ Election 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Trump was trying to parry a point made by rival Hillary Clinton, but the blithe dismissal captured the core of his campaign message. Donald Trump's Post-Truth Debate 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z With blithe hopefulness, they team up to pursue a series of hopeless employment prospects. New York Film Festival’s Breakout Films 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z With her bright smile and chatterbox qualities, given to bustling into restaurants and saying things like “I want to eat heaps,” she seems at first glance to be little more than a cheery blithe spirit. In a dazzling restoration, 'Howards End' reemerges as a mannered masterpiece 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z And Mr. Trump offered the blithe assurance that Mr. Pence’s 2002 vote for the war in Iraq was okay, whereas Ms. Clinton’s disqualifies her. Republicans keep trying to normalize Trump. He keeps proving it’s impossible. 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z What makes “Gentleman’s Guide” more than a blithe conceit is the zaniness of the scheming, and in the score, dialogue and co-written lyrics, the witty synthesis of many strands of satire. A ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ to dandy wit — and murder — at 5th Avenue Theatre 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z But that does not excuse Ms. Clinton’s blithe disregard for procedure. Clinton was ‘extremely careless.’ That is not a crime, but she must do better in the future. 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The blithe optimism, the refusal to recognize the obvious: this was classic Klinsmann, the German treating his audience with all the intellectual respect of a Soviet propagandist. What options does Jürgen Klinsmann have? The brutal truth: not many 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Yet the blithe premise of Mr Cameron’s decision to call a referendum—that the vote would “clear the air” in the Conservative Party—was always bunkum. The Cameron legacy 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Grande, 22, quickly took to social media to apologize for her comment, explaining that what she really hates is America’s blithe view of childhood obesity. Review: Ariana Grande leaves the princess image behind in 'Dangerous Woman' 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Then pity these busy monsters, because for all their snarling swagger, this is an abattoir, and you its blithe, maniacal, chainsaw-wielding butcher. Review: The New 'Doom' Serves Up a Brew of Nostalgia and Carnage 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z As with participation trophies for all in youth soccer leagues, the blithe bestowing of unearned distinction cheapens the entire concept of perfection, which should be a rare and precious thing. You’re Reading This? Perfect 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z In her contempt for qualifications, her blithe ignorance, she was an avatar for Trump. Trump and American Despair 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Yet the blithe silliness with which the dancers giggle together and the absolute seriousness with which they listen to each other, demonstrate how closely attuned they are. Osipova and Polunin: backstage with ballet's most explosive couple 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z A reviewer for Publishers Weekly wrote that “Livingston’s words feel true, and his wisdom hard-earned. Among the many blithe and hollow self-help books available everywhere, this book stands out as a jewel.” Gordon Livingston, psychiatrist who wrote best-seller about coping with grief, dies at 77 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Despite the GOP establishment’s blithe assurance that one of the golden boys of the “deep bench” would inevitably prevail, it always seemed unlikely to me. How Ted Cruz wins: Why beating Donald Trump has become extremely doable 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z For some, though, Trump’s penchant for unpredictability and blithe disregard for most social and political niceties were precisely the reason to support him. An uncharacteristic underdog, Trump faces a key test in Wisconsin primary 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z What’s lost in reverberations from the series’ blithe old movies is gained in daredevil vigor.” Read Every Single TIME Review of the James Bond Movies 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Cousins is trying to tread the middle ground, neither panicking nor being too blithe about what’s at stake Sunday. Despite ‘Code Red,’ Gruden, Cousins remain under blanket of security 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z A blithe generalization, ignoring the vibrantly secular sensibilities of the troubadours, Marie de France, Geoffrey Chaucer, Giovanni Boccaccio and many other writers of the Middle Ages. Spiritual leader of a medieval city in crisis 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But the redemption story was a little too neat, and the capacity for moral perception that was claimed by Duggar’s former defenders was blithe. Josh Duggar’s Ashley Madison Problem 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z “Joe Gould is a blithe and emaciated little man who has been a notable in the cafeterias, diners, barrooms, and dumps of Greenwich Village for a quarter of a century,” the piece begins. The Long-Lost Tale of the World’s Longest Book 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Her idolization made sense in one so young, but to learn at the beginning of the book that a 26-year-old Jean Louise is still sheltered in this way feels too blithe and naive. Go Set a Watchman: panel review 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Students either ignore the machines or stare at them with blithe incomprehension. Typewriter repairman works to keep old machines clacking 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The carefree moments complemented the blithe attitude taken by Collins and her team of underdogs during their first season of competition in AAA, the state’s highest classification at the time. Broad Run girls’ soccer makes state title push with 24 on the mind 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Though its social scope is narrower than Hardy’s, you do come away from it with a true sense of the shrouded world that he devised, where fate could frown upon even the blithest day. To Save the World or to Trash It? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z One of the chief dividends of racism is the blithe sense of remove that much of America has from that reality. Baltimore and the State of American Cities 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z With each year that passes, he or she will be less blithe about failure. SAPVoice: Self-Renewal and the Courage to Fail 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The apple trees were blooming, the weather blithe. The Cabaret Beat 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a blithe James Bond rip-off that gleefully celebrates, parodies and self-consciously modernizes the mossy spy thriller. Review: ‘Kingman’ shakes up the traditional spy thriller 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The peril isn’t just that blithe dot-com philistines will tear down institutions that once sustained a liberal humanism. The old journalism and the new 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The league’s many fascinations will be on display: its wonderful athleticism, its stupendous television ratings, and its blithe disregard for the safety of its most valuable commodities, the players. Given the N.F.L.'s Culture of Manliness, an Injured Tony Romo Likely Will Play in London 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Only a truly blithe optimist would deny that obstacles to legislative compromise are formidable, or that they will persist no matter who wins Tuesday’s elections. Bipartisanship is possible in a number of policy areas in the next Congress Winning candidates are talking about the towering arrogance of fickle politicians and blithe disregard for the sacrifices of our soldiers fighting terrorism around the world. Charles Hurt: Mainstream media dismiss midterm election as Democrats stumble 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Future generations may well laugh at our debate over global warming, our blithe consumption of red meat, or diet soda, or gluten, or something else. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? Sports journalists have every right to be angry if the N.F.L. thinks that it can treat the issue of domestic violence with blithe disregard—or if their own colleagues do. What Bill Simmons Showed About ESPN 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Cameron was immediately faced with criticism from his own Conservative Party about the blithe manner of the promising and the possible expense. In Scotland’s ‘No’ Vote, an Emphatic ‘Yes’ for Change in Britain 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Once again, as is so often the case in the twentieth century, the atavistic thrill of nationalism is ballooned up by the blithe certainty that it will somehow magically lead to a progressive paradise. Scotland and the Auld Alliance 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It is a war we would not need except for his utter malfeasance as commander in chief and blithe disregard for already-spilled American blood and treasure. HURT: A foreign policy conducted in a drug-addled haze 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s blithe denials that Russia is supporting separatists in Ukraine are already stale. Russia’s new tactics of war shouldn’t fool anyone Admittedly it's easy for me to pass blithe judgments like this, because I'm not that bothered. I don't want Pope Francis's 'tips' for a happy life – I want terrifying commandments dictated by God 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z They looked blithe, connected, deliriously happy — a match made in heaven. Is Your Relationship With Fido on the Rocks? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z In truth, it is a single-minded and steadfast creature, blithe to our presence, intent on gathering both nectar and pollen for the sake of its colony. Two books on the bumblebee Characters come and go with little context and sometimes a blithe disregard for any nuance. Role of ultra-rich in American politics And a blithe acceptance of it can lead to sloppy, wasteful, or even dangerous outcomes. An excerpt from "Think Like a Freak" 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Gone, too, is my blithe confidence in my physical resiliency. Well: Living With Cancer: Bedtime Issues 2014-04-10T19:14:06Z I get it, but that somewhat blithe approach sidesteps important questions about the nature of “progress” and the whole history of positivist assumptions that whatever happens, happens for the best. 10 Google Glass Notions That Aren’t True (According to Google) 2014-03-21T20:40:12Z This chat was going to be more than blithe assurances. About New York: Nagging, as a Force for Good 2014-02-28T02:22:00Z During his glory days, he seemed to find rich gold mines with blithe ease, courted supermodels, and charmed and cajoled hard-bitten New York money men to throw in their lot with him. Brazil's Once-Richest Man Gets Ready for Oil Company Bankruptcy 2013-10-30T14:55:11Z By 2012, an epidemic of “green-on-blue” incidents—Afghan security forces murdering their U.S. counterparts—revealed the absurdity of Brooks’s blithe assertion that Afghans “want what we want” and “root for American success.” David Brooks is constantly wrong 2013-09-15T15:30:00Z Ricci in person is blithe and unhurried by the prospect, lingering after his interview to reflect on the current state of Silicon ?Valley, Life After Siri: Nuance's Uphill Climb To Being Your Digital Assistant 2013-08-14T16:25:00Z What isn't valid is the blithe assertion, absent evidence, that the former NSA contractor actively collaborated with America's enemies. Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, not a spy – but do our leaders care? 2013-07-05T17:03:09Z Even more worrying is the blithe ignorance of most of our legislators. Prism surveillance: spies thrive in the internet's legal free-for-all 2013-06-12T17:24:10Z The protests, which by any measure were a world historic event, were brushed aside with blithe nonchalance by the Bush Administration and a rubber-stamp Congress that approved the war. Viewpoint: Why Was the Biggest Protest in World History Ignored? 2013-02-15T13:20:23Z Tulip, who has led a blithe life in the capital for the past couple of years, sharing a flat with a few other girlfriends, says she suddenly feels trapped. The Real Shame: India's Patriarchy Roars Back After Delhi Gang Rape 2013-01-21T06:05:21Z Tulip, who has led a blithe life in the capital for the last couple of years, sharing a flat with a few other girlfriends, says she suddenly feels trapped. The Real Shame: India's Patriarchy Roars Back After Delhi Gang Rape 2013-01-19T00:20:27Z Tuesday delivered the most unimpeachable proof so far of blithe confidence: In September Americans bought new cars at a rate not witnessed since February 2008. Buy a new car, vote for Obama 2012-10-03T16:25:00Z In addition to laying out Romney’s vision on energy, the document also attacks the Obama Administration for backing proposals to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, with “blithe disregard for the economic impact of his policies.” Basic Research Burns Bright in Romney Energy Plan 2012-08-23T22:51:21Z Ultimately that is correct, but the blithe assumption that you do what needs to be done and move on ignores the depth of human relationships that are formed. The Spin 2012-08-23T10:43:43Z The mood is more blithe at Grey Lady, which opened in May on the Lower East Side. Hungry City: Reviewing 3 Seafood Shacks: Claw, Grey Lady and Brooklyn Crab 2012-08-14T20:34:18Z The different vocal pitches were used artfully and sparingly now, to suggest a woman divided between a blithe social surface and an inward, unconquerable despair. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Guts and Glory, Onstage 2012-08-02T17:05:12Z What I had gotten from the family affinity for carpentry, though, was a blithe belief that it was possible to sidestep capitalism by making your own stuff. | Townies: Taking On a Debt to New York 2012-07-13T03:39:57Z You might think it’s a personality disorder or blithe insensitivity. Your mean boss could be insecure 2012-07-12T18:42:00Z And once the Times and Sunday Times try to start operating as normal, commercial operations, the strains may be very far from blithe. We moan about Rupert Murdoch – but we may well miss him if he goes 2012-06-30T23:05:55Z Romney’s plan to slash spending and keep taxes low on the wealthy isn’t especially popular, at least not at any level of detail beyond a blithe promise to shrink the deficit. The Phony War: Obama and Romney Are Debating Character, Not Policy 2012-05-25T23:05:41Z It’s hard to know whether blithe ignorance is supposed to be part of Hannah’s charm, or whether the show’s creators just don’t care much for the facts. Well: The Consumer: A TV Show Adds to the Muddle on HPV Testing 2012-05-14T21:37:12Z "Though I remember her as blithe as the morning lark--a great deal gayer than Miss Zara, gay as she may be." The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z He has made more than one unhappy heart in many a cottage that once was blithe. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z The Count immediately followed, and passing through the gate into the Court of Government, he found Besmaux waiting in the corps de garde, with a blithe and smiling countenance. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Eyes full of dawning day Look up for mother's eyes to meet, Too blithe for song to say. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Say, Israel, is it not well with thee within the walls of Zion; art thou not blithe in the valleys of Sharon; art thou not happy by the blue waters of Jordan? Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Beneath her, open graves, Daily--daily, The blithest to entomb. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Your blithe courage has done more than my physic to hold off serious trouble in yonder cabin, and your service of hands has been as helpful. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z All this budding beauty, Festival array, Lays on us the duty To be blithe and gay. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z A gaiety of which she did not ask herself the cause, a heart as light as her feet and as blithe as the black-bird's note, carried her on. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Father, with faith and confidence in Thee we begin the day's duties, with a blithe song upon our lips, expressing the melody of our souls, thanking Thee for opportunities for work, and thought and love. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The blithe spirit was departing, the poor body done to death by the greed of a Christian King. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Yet I heard my blithe little neighbor tell How fair is the spring to see. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Harry and Blanche were scarcely less elated, and even staid little Ethel grew blithe and gay as they passed down the village street and turned aside into the green lanes and meadows. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z We find Hale at the age of seventy-three blithe and hopeful, working as much and manifestly accomplishing more than ever before. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z O thou brave skipper, blithe and kind, O mariners, bold and true, Sorry at heart, right sorry am I, A-thinking of yours and you. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z She enjoyed her new position vastly, was blithe as a young bird, and gazed fearlessly on into a future, which seemed an interminable vista paved with roses. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Did any one in a few words give such a picture of mirth— "So buxom, blithe, and debonair?" The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Clovis sighed and frowned, while the children cried out with blithe accord, "Agla�? of course we love her." The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z In retrospect, that assessment was much too blithe. Are We Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Financial Crisis? 2012-02-13T14:00:10Z Emilius spent the interval in composing the following verses: Spring-time, it is blithe and gay When the nightingale sits on the hawthorn-spray, And every leaf and every flower Quivers with joy at the music's power. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Mar Gauriel, handsomely dressed in red, with a khelat or "coat of honour" given him by the Shah over his usual clothes, looked as blithe and handsome as a suitor should. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z I once was happy, blithe and gay, No maiden's heart was half so light; I cannot sing, for well a-day! The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z He is said to have been a remarkably fine-looking young man, having a florid complexion, and a profusion of light brown hair, which he wore, coiled up, beneath his "blithe blue bonnet." The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z A perfume and an incense lay Before her, as an incense sweet Before blithe mowers of sweet May In early morn. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z Every day of that festal week the cathedral services were attended by devout throngs, yet there was something blithe and social, well-nigh domestic, in the atmosphere of the scene even at the most impressive moments. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z "God knows I would be blithe and glad to have a friend to bear me company, and it is a true friend you have been to me." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Whatever misgivings he had had were speedily dissipated by the blithe optimism of his companion. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z The "Queen's Wake" consists of a collection of tales and ballads supposed to be sung by different bards to the young Queen of Scotland,— "When royal Mary, blithe of mood, Kept holyday at Holyrood." The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The water was blue and white and dark-burnished with shadows; two swans sailed across the reflected trees with perfect blithe grace. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z A game that I often watched blithe young Granadines playing under the gray shadow of Alhambra walls, seems to be a Spanish version of "London Bridge is Falling Down." Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z There the two noble margraves were seen before her stand, Eckewart and Gary; none there was blithe or glad; All wore one face of mourning, e'en as their lady sad. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Life's festival Enchants the blithe new-comer; But seasons change, and where are all These friendships of our summer? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Lang Syne!—ah, where are they who shared With us its pleasures bright and blithe? The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z How they cleave the air adorning The high rivers of the morning In a blithe, bejewelled fleet! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z On the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth of April Seville annually keeps, on the Prado de San Sebastian, where the Inquisition used to light its fires, the blithest of spring festivals. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Apart he greeted Hagan, whom he had known of old; The same did he to Folker the minstrel blithe and bold. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The voices were blithe, and there was many a silvery peal of laughter mingled with the pleasant, cheery talk. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z His soul was naturally blithe and joyous, hopeful and strong. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z He went with them rejoicing blithe of mind, and instructing the folk. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z This closed the ceremonies of Palm Sunday, and the throng, catching one from another the blithe, sweet Andalusian melodies, went singing softly through the darkness on their various ways. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z So with the knights the ladies mov'd thence in blithe accord. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z But the thread of thought was broken and lost, and she tried in vain to recover it; a distant hum of blithe voices came now and again to her ear with disturbing influence. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z In a league full of blithe felons, Tebow and his oppressive piety don’t seem like such horrendous affronts at all. Op-Ed Columnist: Tim Tebow?s Gospel of Optimism 2011-12-10T21:47:12Z They then on the morrow blithe and free from care, through the angel's promise, and with confidence in his succour, marched against the heathen. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z For even if blithe heart and courtly bearing bring no high cash value in the modern business market, they may smooth the road to simple happiness. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z But now we saw you merry and blithe of mood, fair queen. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z And Mr Dawson was fain to acknowledge to himself that he had a share in the pleasure which he meant to give “the blithe and bonny lassie” at such times. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z The orchestra continues its blithe harmonies while Orpheus sings of the beauteous sight. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z At one of the stations between Lichfield and London, we encounter a group whose chief figure is that of a pretty little lady, blithe as a golden butterfly, apparelled for the chase. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z And the equilibrium is so well achieved, and the human tone so cheery, blithe and manly! and the manners so delightfully good. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z So when the Mass was sung, blithe was the mirth of that household, squire and maiden and man-at-arms. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Some of them said she was bigger and bonnier, but she was blithe and friendly and “a’e fauld” still—and London hadna spoiled her as it might very easily have done. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "That makes it all the funnier," he returned, with a slight, blithe laugh. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z “What’s Broadway got on Market Street?” a blithe boy’s voice demanded. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Chorus.–Oh! sing with cheery voices, Like robins on the tree; For little lads and lasses As blithe of heart should be. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Thus blithe and gay of visage he rendered him to the tournament, as one who had no care in all the world. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z And this blithe and bonny lassie, who enjoyed her play with the child and her sight-seeing with the old man, was not out of place among them. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z He met her intent look; she had rarely seen his blithe eyes more solemn than now. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The birds sang blithe; There came a tinkling from the waking fold; And on the hillside from the cot a girl Tripped singing with her pitcher. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z No sooner had the faltering creature reached the steps of the carriage, than a blithe female voice rang out from a window on the third story: 'Welcome, Berthe—welcome, our little song-bird.' Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z My little girls are flitting about my study," he wrote to a friend, "as blithe as two birds. A Day With Longfellow 2011-11-13T03:00:15.157Z She was a wonder to him at such times, but in the morning she was just as usual, “bonny and blithe” and easily pleased. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z The miller was blithe in the red, red morn. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Fresh in mind still is the enthusiastic ovation given to our beloved Autocrat when the hundred days had passed, and "Wind and Wave" brought safely home again "our wisest word, our blithest smile." Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z There is a distinct consciousness that the runes of this kind were a gift of the blithe gods. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z For blithe conceits I would not worry If I were Raleigh, or the Earl of Surrey. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z Pain, sorrow, trouble have I none; I wander onward, blithe and free— He who has called me from the stone Will to the end my guardian be. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z I cannot say they look picturesque, but they are blithe and active, and would make capital soldiers. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z He loved the woods, where his ears were caressed by "the blithe echoes of the careless birds." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Jessie, a comely, and good, and blithe young woman, a great favorite of the minister's, had been guilty of dancing at a friend's wedding. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z She would be punctilious about her calls, and make a point of appearing to remember people, even if she didn't have the least conception who they were, and would be generally blithe, tactful, and gracious. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z So joyous and merry was he, that the squirrels squeaked and scurried away at sight of him, and the very hyenas laughed in harmony as he passed by singing, "Tra-la-la!" in his blithe lightsomeness. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z It is so mighty and beautiful and blithe To watch a man dying—to hover and watch. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z And yet, this pale, withered, stiff, meagre hag, so odious, so tyrannical, so irascible, but a few years,—in my calculation!—but a few years since,—had all the enchantment of blithe, blooming loveliness! The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Kateri is as busy as usual the next day, and her blithe smile comes and goes as freely as ever. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Merry is the throstle’s song And blithe the mead doth bloom; For we have brought the Summer home From Winter’s dreary tomb. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Her spirit was blithe, affectionate and quick in its sympathies; her ear credulous to believe what was good, and slow to take an evil report. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z They come, they come, old mother: Are you not blithe and thirsty, knowing they come And cannot be held back? King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z The ways of the wind are eerie And I love them all, The blithe, the mad, and the dreary, Spring, Winter, and Fall. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z And the Wolf going down met the Fox half-way; Reynard, ‘glad and blithe’ that the Wolf was a true penitent and in clean living, promised to have his soul-knell rung and masses said for him. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Monday morning dawned, and Mrs. Bindle was up an hour earlier than usual, still almost blithe in her manner. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z “They sang, as blithe as finches sing, That flutter loose on golden wing, And frolic where they list; Strangers to liberty, ’tis true, But that delight they never knew, And therefore never miss’d.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Looking backward with a blithe glance, he cried: "After all, it is good to be alive: neither to think nor to dream, but just content to be." The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z For the first time I observed that men whose laughter was blithe enough had haggard eyes; that jests came gaily from lips that fell into desperate lines a moment later. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Ah, Clytemnestra, 'tis the owl—the blithe and tuneful owl! The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Still, that does not account for her blithe spirits. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z And well may the lovely wee linnet be compared to a young and artless maiden, so good and innocent, so gentle and unobtrusive is the bird, and yet withal so blithe. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It delighted everybody; the tric-trac of Pope was lacking, and so was the master's arrant polish; but the change brought its own blithe welcome. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z I had designed it myself in the blithe long ago. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He tripped with the light, fantastic trip, quite alone in the thick crowd, and quite blithe. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z We found the doctor there in blithe chat with his patient and that now happy mother. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z They say that boyhood is the blithest time of life, but I have never been a boy. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Joyce came out of Holloway, blithe and unrepentant, and hurried from a congratulatory luncheon to an afternoon meeting at the Albert Hall, and from that to the first round of the heckling campaign. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Musicians, like Camelions, must live by the Aire; Then let’s be blithe and bonny, no good meeting baulk, What though we have no money, we shall find Chalk.” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z That was a blithe spring morning when the messenger from the King brought to my father the order to join the army at Lincoln for the great expedition into Scotland. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Idly silent were the finches— Finches fickle, fleeting, blithe; And the mower, man of inches, Ceased to swing the sturdy scythe. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The sun shone as brightly as now, the streamlet ran just as blithe, the air was filled, as now, with the sweet-smelling pine. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Reared by his parents to be happy on the court, above all, Monfils is a joyful player to watch and more a blithe spirit than a tormented one. Radek Stepanek tops Gael Monfils for Legg Mason title 2011-08-08T00:19:42Z Just a few blithe swipes from owner Paul Allen's pen have rebooted the franchise. Free Agent Frenzy? Play it again, Goodell | Steve Kelley 2011-08-08T00:04:04Z Even in a semi-deserted Rome, however, it was not hard to find Italians who doubted their government's blithe assurances. Debt crisis: Silvio Berlusconi unveils reforms to avert Italian crisis 2011-08-06T23:06:56Z She who had been as blithe as a field lark all her life was showing to Joe Hurley for the first time a most unnatural soberness of spirit. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z These blithe musicians accompany the soft air that bares the fields, empurples the buds, and fans the bloom of the first squirrelcups and sets the hyla's shrill chime a-ringing. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The blithe assurance held a significance which Mary did not catch. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z We may begin with a poem standing near this boundary, the famous verses To the Cuckoo, ‘O blithe new-comer.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z P1 In June 'tis good to lie beneath a tree While the blithe season comforts every sense, Steeps all the brain in rest, and heals the heart, Brimming it o'er with sweetness unawares. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Two years of close contact with the blithe Westerner—those final two years at college before Hunt went to the divinity school—had assured the latter that Joe Hurley owned a heart of gold. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Our New England fathers had as kindly a feeling for this blithe comer to their stumpy meadows, though they gave him the uncouth and malodorous name of skunk blackbird. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z She is the clergyman's daughter, sweet and blithe, with a big blond braid and a habit of blushing when she speaks. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z To Armitage it was as though some blithe spirit was mocking the discovery he thought he had made, and the fruition it promised those secret hopes of his. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Now King Arthur abode in Ireland until he had assuaged the war; then he went again into his own land, and with him took Melion; full glad and blithe was he thereof. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Here am I as blithe and hearty as a bird, and here are you, plod, plod, plod, from day to day, round and round, like old Michael Ross’s blind horse in the bark mill. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z She is somewhat palefaced; and, however blithe and sprightly she may be, she is, nevertheless, now and then troubled with a kind of dreaming fit. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z His blithe stepfather, Count Gerhard, rode at his right hand, and Junker Christopher at his left. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z My spirit with pleasure now fain would I fill, And blithe little images gather at will: Understand--all poetic--I'm young but the while, And most actively study the humorous style. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Then saw and knew he the shield of Arthur, and wit ye well, he had great joy thereof; glad and blithe was he, for he hoped yet to have mercy. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z He is blithe as a lark all the day long. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z When at home, at school, at play, They are cheerful, blithe, and gay; Always trying to increase Human pleasure, social peace. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z The old Broadway hours of promenade are coming again; and you can see blithe new-married couples, and wishful lovers, at morning and evening, lighting up the trottoir with their sunshine. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Young soldiers," said Gottfried, "on the eve of their first battle may be as blithe as on the eve of a tourney. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Keen as many of our pleasures were and blithe as were our pranks, I can scarcely remember a smile upon your face. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z “That I will,” responded the old man, heartily; “but there’s naught so blithe as the sound of a bairnie’s voice.” Randy's Summer A Story for Girls 2011-06-16T02:00:16.550Z She also remembered the round window through which she saw the waters of the lake, the blue-tinted fields, the transparent sky, the blithe air of Galilee. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Was there not once a blithe old lady who lived to the age of 110, and died of a fall from a cherry tree then? A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z |
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