| 单词 | lulu |
| 例句 | I gave away a lulu of a Picasso story that had just reached me, one that I might have put aside for a rainy day. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z According to New York Magazine's Vulture blog, Kaufman's been working on his next writing/directing project, "Frank or Francis," and it sounds like, as Myrna Loy might say in "The Thin Man," a lulu. The return of Charlie Kaufman 2011-10-03T17:08:05Z Before the hawk-eyed age of the Internet, readers had to use snail-mail for their chiding missives pointing out an author’s mistakes, and Fleming received some lulus. Review: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters in ‘The Man With the Golden Typewriter’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Tickets are now on sale for a lulu of a series: Seattle Art Museum's longtime fall Film Noir Cycle this season celebrates "Women in the Shadows." 'Ghostbusters' among summer outdoor movies still on deck 2012-08-16T20:59:05Z Midway is about 1,200 miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. World’s oldest known breeding bird is expecting again at age 66 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z No doubt, and I bet the hat will be a lulu. Princess-to-be Kate Middleton is tops when it comes to toppers 2011-04-15T23:45:42Z “What - no refunds if it’s canceled? Are you kidding me?” wrote commenter may_lulu. Olympics: Ticket holders anxiously await word on Games 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z As the decades rolled by, justices continued to work around Holmes’ lulu — at one point telling Congress in a decision that if baseball was abusing its exempt status, it should pass a law, not them. House poised for final impeachment vote 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z But leaving aside the consideration of funding, which is a lulu, the main concern about universal college is that it will diminish the value of college for those who do attend. Support for impeachment reaches new high 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It also said lawmakers should stop receiving stipends for taking on extra duties on committees - known as “lulus” - except for a few top leadership positions. Editorials from around New York 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The City Council only got its raise after embracing restrictions on outside income and an end to extra pay for committee work, a pay-padding tradition known as “lulus,” shorthand for payment in lieu of salary. Why N.Y. Lawmakers Think They Deserve a $50,000 Raise 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z For this reason, it was a relief on Thursday that a committee set up to determine lawmakers’ pay enacted reforms limiting outside income and eliminating most committee stipends, known as “lulus,” alongside a salary increase. Opinion | A Good Call by Albany’s Pay Committee 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z And strict limits are needed on extra stipends, called “lulus,” which leaders hand out in exchange for unquestioning loyalty under the guise of greater workloads. Editorials from around New York 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The use of false titles in requests for stipends, known as “lulus” in Albany, was uncovered last year by The New York Times, prompting an investigation by federal authorities in Brooklyn. Comptroller Rejects Stipends for State Senators Citing False Titles 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The use of false titles in requests for stipends, known as “lulus” in Albany, was uncovered last year by The New York Times; federal authorities in Brooklyn subsequently opened an investigation. No Lulus for You: Comptroller Threatens to Withhold Lawmakers’ Payments 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z In 2012, Lee moved to Virginia with his family from Hong Kong, stopping in Honolulu on the way, according to the affidavit. Ex-CIA officer charged with keeping notebooks full of classified information 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z But it’s the film’s lulu of an ending that, for many viewers, may prove most exasperating. Returning vet drama 'Repatriation' plods into dizzying banality 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z But the Capitol’s latest scandal goes by another name: lulu. In Albany, Stipends Known as ‘Lulus’ Feed a Culture of Scandal 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Those stipends, known as “lulus,” are at the center of at least two investigations by the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, and the United States attorney in Brooklyn. Stipend Scandal Fuels Divide Among New York’s Democratic State Senators 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Savino added that she felt the lulu scandal was just “gossip” about payments that have long been assumed in Albany. Stipends for State Senators Are Under Investigation 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The actual chairmen and chairwomen — all Republicans — earned larger stipends for other leadership positions; they are allowed only one stipend payment, commonly known as a lulu. Parties Tussle Over Legality of Stipends Given to New York Senators 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Under state law, the leaders and ranking members of most of the Senate’s nearly three dozen committees are given extra payments — commonly known as “lulus” — ranging from $9,000 to $34,000 a year. For Group of Breakaway Democrats in New York, It Pays to Be No. 2 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z A majority of the 150 assembly members also receive lulus for leading committees and leadership positions. In Albany, Stipends Known as ‘Lulus’ Feed a Culture of Scandal 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The grandmother of four from outside Honolulu accepted hug and after hug as the crowd surged around her. Women’s marches: More than one million protesters vow to resist President Trump 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Bush on a trip to Honolulu and intuited that the commander in chief would take an early morning swim in the Pacific Ocean. Joe Marquette, Pulitzer Prize-winning news photographer, dies at 79 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z During a trip to Honolulu and Midway Atoll in September, Obama granted interviews to three Times reporters for a retrospective package on his efforts to combat climate change. Obama adopts a grand design to shape his legacy 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z ON HIS way to East Asia this week, President Obama traveled to a secluded Hawaiian atoll far from his home town of Honolulu for a brief and deserved moment of celebration. Obama’s national monument expansion shows why conservation matters more than ever 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z He dismissed the controversy as “Albany’s version of lulu land,” an apparent reference to the 2016 movie “La La Land.” In Albany, Stipends Known as ‘Lulus’ Feed a Culture of Scandal 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z He zipped along in a golf-cart motorcade on an island 1,300 miles north of Honolulu that used to serve as a critical U.S. military outpost. In grand-gesture stage of presidency, Obama seeks stamp on environment 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Rep. Takai served in the Hawaii state house for 20 years before his election in 2014 to Congress, where he represented a district that included Honolulu and the surrounding area. Mark Takai, Hawaii Democrat serving first term in Congress, dies at 49 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z In Honolulu, a group of homeless people sued the city last fall, after what the mayor called a “war on homelessness” prompted by complaints from residents and tourists. Homeless say booming cities have outlawed their right to sleep, beg and even sit 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z They were bundled in military blankets and reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, often called the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. Remains of sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally make their way home 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z A state law, dating to the 1970s, prescribes more than $1.2 million in lulus for the Senate every year, and nearly $1.6 million for the Assembly. In Albany, Stipends Known as ‘Lulus’ Feed a Culture of Scandal 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “After you reached a certain level of seniority,” she replied, “the Speaker would appoint you to be a committee chair or to one of the responsibilities that receives a lulu.” The Man Who Terrifies Wall Street 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z He pointed out that while the pay increase was contingent on the Council’s changing its rules to end the lulus, the Council could easily reinstate them in the future. Mayor de Blasio Signs Measure Raising City Officials’ Pay 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The legislation eliminates the bonuses, known as “lulus,” given to committee leaders — a traditional means of padding income and currying favor. A City Council Raise That Raises Questions 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The bills also accept the suggestion of eliminating “lulus,” the small bonuses given to committee leaders. New York Council May Vote on Raise and Horse-Carriage Bill on Same Day 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z And each year, the legislative chambers dole out dozens of lulus, with the richest payments being decided by the ruling party, and generally going to the most experienced and loyal members. In Albany, Stipends Known as ‘Lulus’ Feed a Culture of Scandal 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Paulin said that Silver controlled all spending in each member’s district, all capital spending in the state, and also “lulus,” which are salary supplements for Assembly members’ service on committees. The Man Who Terrifies Wall Street 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In a sign of the ethical concerns currently swirling around New York government, the panel recommended the salary increases be accompanied by the elimination of “lulus,” small bonuses assigned to committee chairmen and chairwomen. New York City’s Elected Officials Should Get Raises, Panel Says 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The president, smiling and visibly relaxed, stepped off Air Force One and onto a warm and breezy Honolulu tarmac shortly before midnight Friday. Obama arrives in his native Hawaii for 17-day holiday vacation 2013-12-21T19:55:37Z Public agencies in San Francisco, Boston and Honolulu, among others, also use the platform. IBM’s Smart Cities program learns as it goes 2013-10-12T22:01:48Z Rogers listed several places — Honolulu, Newark, Fort Myers, Fla., Jackson, Miss., and Dulles International Airport — where screeners have been suspended, fired or arrested. Misconduct of airport screeners probed as other issues lurk 2012-08-02T01:14:00Z As objectivist statements of rational self-interest go, that one’s a lulu—up there with Margaret Thatcher’s “There is no such thing as society.” Book Review: 'Private Empire,' by Steve Coll 2012-05-18T19:51:23Z Most recently, Temple helped launch an online news site covering Honolulu called Civil Beat. The Washington Post names John Temple, former Rocky Mountain News editor, as a managing editor 2012-03-30T02:02:02Z Knowing the signs, I could tell this was going to be a lulu. The Scapegoat 2011-07-14T02:00:09.903Z The demo really showed only one aspect of Windows 8, but it was a lulu. The Beginning of the End of the PC Era 2011-06-09T12:15:00Z I just went on church business, rustlin’ new chickens for your flock, an’ I caught one, a lulu—Mr. Grant’s niece, an’ she can sing some. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z He also doles out Assembly leadership positions, which come with cash bonuses known as “lulus,” and his handpicked allies become the chairmen of the key committees that determine which bills come to the floor. The Making of Andrew Cuomo 2010-08-13T19:47:00Z Members of the Assembly and Senate currently earn a base salary of $79,500, though many earn tens of thousands of dollars more in leadership bonuses known as lulus. Albany Erred by Tying Up Judges? Raises, Court Rules 2010-02-24T03:45:00Z “Say, that moving-picture actor must be a lulu!” declared the storekeeper’s clerk, slangily. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune "It's going to be like the mining-camp 'lulu hand,'" was his mental preface to his plans. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 You dream up any more lulus like that, you keep them to yourself. The Short Life And let me tell you, Spring, old fel, he's a lulu; there's nothing down in this neck of the woods that can pitch with him. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale As I signed for it I remember the night man in the teletype room said, "This is a lulu, Captain." The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects But the wind was taken out of his sail by the laughter and antics of his friend on the beach shouting after him: "Moa, moa, lulu!" Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before "A lulu must be played quick and the pot raked sudden," he reflected. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 From the field kitchen alongside came the voice of a man singing: "O my girl's a lulu, every inch a lulu, Is Lulu, that pretty lil' girl o' mi-ine." Three Soldiers |
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