kouri

In his first post about the season, “Arété kouri ba patron” [Guadeloupean Creole] which means “Stop running for your bosses”, the blogger denounces a new sport challenge called Relais Inter-Entreprise [Fr] (a relay run by employees of public or private Guadeloupean companies).

Global Voices in English » Guadeloupe: In May 2009, keep May 1802 and May 1967 in mind 2009

In his first post about the season, “Arété kouri ba patron” [Guadeloupean Creole] which means “Stop running for your bosses”, the blogger denounces a new sport challenge called Relais Inter-Entreprise [Fr] (a relay run by employees of public or private Guadeloupean companies).

Guadeloupe: In May 2009, keep May 1802 and May 1967 in mind 2009

I dove to catch the Greek kouri her dress had swept from a table.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

I dove to catch the Greek kouri her dress had swept from a table.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

I dove to catch the Greek kouri her dress had swept from a table.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

Janson describes kouri as "neither gods nor mortals but as something in between, an ideal of physical perfection and vitality shared by mortal and immortal alike."

NYT > Home Page By HOLLAND COTTER 2011

The kouri did, too; so generic, in fact, that they seemed barely human.

NYT > Home Page By HOLLAND COTTER 2011

The nudity of the kouri had spiritual implications; the near-nudity of models in swim briefs sold retail.

NYT > Home Page By HOLLAND COTTER 2011

What I was looking at were marble sculptures of kouri, or youths, from around 600 B.C. They were all nude and all shared the same pose: standing upright, arms down, staring blankly ahead, with one foot slightly advanced, as if in forward stride.

NYT > Home Page By HOLLAND COTTER 2011