Word: awe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does so, however painful or ambiguous it may appear to be, by the inclusion of the sons of Harvard in whose death the divisions of our community are made clear. When the German plaques are explained to our visitors the response is nearly always one of admiration and of awe: not for the German cause, but for the fact that in victory Harvard was magnanimous enough, secure enough and convinced enough of its own deals to recall these dead not as strangers or as enemies but as separated brethren. It moves us beyond the syndrome of "win/lose" and into...
...their full salaries. But over and above the money, the most important thing Malden Mills can do for our workers is to get you back to work. By Jan. 2, we will restart operations, and within 90 days we will be fully operational." What followed, after a moment of awe, was a scene of hugging and cheering that would have trumped the cinematic celebration for Wonderful Life's George Bailey...
...then, suddenly, he pulls you inside, through the looking glass, and you are left in awe at the intensity of this seemingly quiet vision, its power to enclose you in its fictions. Unless, presumably, you are up there on Capitol Hill, talking about how you can abolish the deficit by funding B-2 bombers and closing down Vermeer...
...party in the past two years and makes sure contributors to the Democrats are marked down in his book as "unfriendly.'' Representative John Boehner of Ohio is in charge of orchestrating how interest-group lobbyists can raise cash to promote the Contract. What do the lobbyists get in return? Awe-inspiring access to the legislative process, including the right to write the bills themselves, like the one passed last February that imposed a 13-month moratorium on federal regulations. During floor debate, the Gucci set stood close by, typing out on their laptop computers the talking points that Republican leaders...
...CLOSE-UP IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE offered by the Hubble Space Telescope [SPACE, Nov. 20] are absolutely fabulous! They clearly reflect the glory and majesty of God in the ongoing process of creation. We must acknowledge our insignificance in the presence of such power and stand in awe at the spectacle. CHARLES G. VOELKER Palm Desert, California Via E-mail...