Word: apartness
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...sixteenth-century mystic Nostradamus. An e-mail that landed in many in boxes in the weeks after the attack quotes what it calls a prediction of the French astrologer’s: “In the City of God there will be a great thunder, / Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb, / The third big war will begin when the big city is burning...
...games, evenings of homework or just simple advice," says the Chicago marketing strategist. "I finally threw in the towel when he couldn't make it to my older sister's high school graduation because he had to be overseas." Though father and daughter wound up living just four blocks apart, for years Molly couldn't bring herself to reach out. Soon after Sept. 11, however, they began meeting for breakfast every Tuesday. She knows the healing is going to take a long time. "Sept. 11 happened; and though many, many precious lives were lost that day, I have no doubt...
Taylor lofted the ball to the right corner of the endzone—an area occupied by three Bulldogs and Laborsky, who had lined up apart from the line and was eligible on the play. Laborsky outjumped the surrounding defenders to haul in the ball and give the Crimson an 8-0 lead. The defenders bumped him and pass interference was called, but Laborsky’s sure hands made the flag a non-issue...
...third game, the Crimson began to fall apart. Cornell’s Jennifer Borncamp recorded 12 kills, 10 digs and nine blocks to help build an early 14-4 lead. Harvard’s attempt at closing the gap seemed to ebb after sophomore Lauren Gallgher suffered an ankle injury. The Crimson never got within 10 points and ended up losing the game...
...came apart after Lauren went down. She was our last middle-hitter, and we were forced to rotate much of the team to compensate,” said sophomore Amy Dildine, who left her outside hitter position to play middle hitter after the injury. “Mentally we felt we were suddenly at a disadvantage and our play and passing deteriorated considerably...