world!

Emblematic of Viko's life-long pettiness and emptiness inside was his marriage to a "fellow Indian" former cheerleader named Misha whose name was alternately spelled "Meisha" or "Geisha" at various points in Viko's "goodbye, cruel world!" salvo — who, for her part, apparently found Viko to be quite a catch (at least, initially ) on the basis of little more than his parents' country of origin (and, of course, his big fat wallet ).

Case History #1 from The Karmic Adjustment Bureau files: Christopher Snyder 2011

Here is the sweet, green world! my heart silently promises the babies.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

Hello, world! she says, and she pretends to swallow the camera.

HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010

This weapon could reach anywhere in the world! she cried.

Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

“I am the most lied-about woman in the world!” she wailed, casting her eyes towards heaven.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

“I am the most lied-about woman in the world!” she wailed, casting her eyes towards heaven.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

“I am the most lied-about woman in the world!” she wailed, casting her eyes towards heaven.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

Why, my man, the smartest thing in the world! he said, putting his arm around my shoulder as we went walking up the hill towards my stoop.

Dark Dude Oscar Hijuelos 2008

I allowed her the luxury of staying home with her children, and a chance to have a voice in the world! she concluded triumphantly.

Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

But that was too high-falootin' to actually motivate him to go, until Mr. Cooley announced that Bill "Bojangles" Robinson the greatest dancer in the world! was slated to perform there.

Far Beyond the Stars Steven Barnes 2000