Word: awe
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Those years were the pinnacle of Harvard hockey greatness. The Crimson inspired as much awe and respect in college hockey circles during the 1980's as Wisconsin, Minnesota and local rivals Boston College and Boston University...
...totally unexpected. For the past year, Macapagal-Arroyo has been quietly gathering a team of people and a collection of ideas for what to do if she took over the country. The new President said she accepted her job with "a sense of trepidation and a sense of awe." For her country's sake, one hopes she also has a sense of urgency...
Travel in Burma for long enough and you will eventually hear the name, often whispered with something approaching awe: Mongla. It sounds a bit like Shangri-la, and for some Burmese?who have lived under military rule since 1962?it is. "There are no soldiers there," marveled one Burmese friend. "There it is like," he struggled to find a word to describe a place without Burmese soldiers. "There it is like democracy...
...this is striking, that I have called Harvard my home. In the quiet reflections of this past semester, I have often been taken aback by this thought. After four years, I had forgotten the awe of that notion, one which affected me so deeply when I first arrived, that I could call this place my home. Certainly, Harvard is much more than an educational institution. It holds a significance for the entire world which is singular and awesome. And yet, for a few years, we all call...
...awe didn't hold for long - moments later, the battle lines were clear once again. First, Leahy went on the attack, blasting Ashcroft's opposition to defeated Clinton nominee for surgeon general, Dr. David Satcher. Why, Leahy wanted to know, had Ashcroft been so opposed to Satcher, an OB-GYN and pro-choice advocate? Ashcroft, sensing danger, cited "ethical problems" with Satcher's work, refusing to be more specific, mentioning only one of the doctor's controversial medical research projects. Hatch gave Ashcroft a much-needed breather, lobbing a few softballs at his friend until Kennedy stepped in and hammered...