Word: awe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...supernovas, of course, but was only dimly aware of their importance." After a few interviews, she became an aficionado. "The energy released by a supernova makes Mount St. Helens or Krakatoa look absolutely puny in comparison," she declares. "The explosive death of a star is truly worthy of our awe...
Programs like the one David is in are beginning to demonstrate gains, but many more of them will be needed if the nation's youth is to lose its flaccid profile. Meanwhile, health experts read with awe and admiration about China and West Germany, where strenuous exercise programs for children are the norm. American lassitude is proving difficult to overcome. "It isn't like being in the locker room with 45 players and you go through that door and get immediate results," says George Allen, after five years of being coach to the nation. "It's very difficult to motivate...
There lingers, too, an affection for the man and an awe of the office that, if properly marshaled, could get the country solidly behind him again. A White House staffer chuckled last week as he recalled the tart-tongued Pat Schroeder, Democrat from Colorado, knifing through the mob at the White House Christmas party so she could be photographed with the President. Indeed, several hundred color shots of legislators posing with the President landed on congressional desks last week, and many of the prints are already down in the frame shop. The newcomers were openly eager for their first invitation...
...Basketball League had the Fillies and the Does, but leaned toward unisex names (Pioneers, Stars, Pride, Diamonds and Hustle). Most colleges, however, simply put the word lady in front the men's nickname: the Lady Dragons or the Lady Monarchs. The Midwest Christian Lady Conquerors are deeply awe-inspiring, perhaps a bit more so than the Hofstra Flying Dutchwomen or the Iowa Wesleyan Tigerettes...
...addition to the awe inspiring landscape, there was more to contemplate than on the first trip. My analytic mind was forced into head-to-head combat with my childhood dream of paradise. The dream was bruised, the mind was mellowed. And I'm still moving to California...