Word: awe
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...those in the know, the release of underground rapper Mr Lif’s debut I Phantom is a momentous occasion. Having spent years building up a following in his native Boston releasing raw singles and playing awe-inspiring live shows, Lif was becoming increasingly hot property and was snatched up by the powerhouse underground label Definitive Jux. He released an EP on Def Jux this summer entitled Emergency Rations, an angry firestorm of an album that included on its lead single the lyrics “Headlines: Bush steals the presidency” and “Planes...
STONE SCULPTURE There are so many awe-inspiring architectural delights in Petra that it would be easy to bypass the Monastery, thinking, what's one more building carved into solid rock? But for those willing to take the hour-long trek up 1,000-plus stone steps, the ancient Nabataeans have prepared a wondrous reward. The decorative fa?ade, carved into a solid chunk of yellow sandstone in the 3rd century B.C., rises 45 meters above the ground. If the hike through rock canyons and past stunning vistas is a little tortuous, a small, Bedouin-run caf? offering cold drinks...
...When [Bush Sr. and I] watched [current President Bush] speaking to the nation on the 11th and the day after at the U. N., we were in awe,” she said. “Can this be the same miserable little kid I had to threaten with death and destruction to get him to clean his room...
...scores that put Harvard ahead 4-2 originated off of one stick, that of junior Liz Andrews, whose straight shot can leave her teammates and opponents in awe...
Plotkin was struck by the fact that just five days earlier he had been at the top of the World Trade Center at the Windows on the World restaurant, and he remembered how in awe he had been at the time that “humans are able to construct something so magnificent, so tall, so beautiful...