Word: awe
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...Brooks made her own happy ending, before she died in Rochester in 1985, at 78. She had cultivated her legend, finding new adherents who treated her with the kind of awe she hadn't been granted in decades, and then only in bedrooms. But I'll give Lulu-Louise a tragic-happy ending. At the climax of the 1930 Prix de beaut?, she is a movie star sitting in a screening room about to watch the rushes of her big song. (It's the sad, teasing "Je n'ai qu'un Amour c'est Toi," and, in another 100th birthday...
...Usually, the images you see on photographs or works of art are much more one-dimensional. Here, it’s almost sort of haunting, like a foreboding of his death,” says Cheek, in awe of the picture’s unassuming intensity...
Geology and theology - Essam al-Rawi saw no contradiction between his two passions. "Being a scientist makes me appreciate God better," he told me last summer. "My education and training give me a better understanding of His creation, so I feel a greater sense of awe toward Him." Both soft-spoken and outspoken, Al-Rawi was entirely comfortable being a professor of geology and a prominent member of the Association of Muslim Scholars - Iraq's main Sunni clerical group, long suspected of ties to the insurgency...
...universities to teach “the application of our basic knowledge for the improvement of the health of our populations.” Fauci discussed pandemic and seasonal flu, while Foege touched on a range of topics—including Richmond’s accomplishments and his own awe at how far the field of medicine has come in his lifetime. “What a great era we’ve lived through,” Foege said. “Could we have imagined that we would have vaccines for so many diseases, including...
...going to get dressed, do my hair and apply my make up with my dominant hand in a sling. Then I read Weisskopf's story. I am no longer worried about my situation. The bravery and courage exemplified by Weisskopf and his fellow amputees at Walter Reed are truly awe- inspiring and humbling. Those men should certainly be considered for Persons of the Year. Mary Ellen Lukasiewicz Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S. Weisskopf's tale of losing a hand in Iraq and his struggle to understand his ordeal was one of the most touching pieces of journalism I have read...