Word: baring
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...course, this bare sketch of Denny’s life cannot convey the impression he left upon those who knew him and loved him. His loss has hardened into a permanent chasm matched only by the rift in the hearts of those who knew him. Our rift will never fully heal. While we live, we can only hope to see and hear him again by remembering and living up to his noble example of gentleness and integrity that we will rarely see matched...
This is the kind of holiday we need right now, an intrinsically complicated one that comes at the end of a bitter harvest and yet finds something sweet to celebrate. Everyone is a pilgrim now, stripped down to bare essentials and a single carry-on bag to sustain us in a strange new world. So no wonder people are making a special effort to get home this year, set the table, unfold the napkins, make the time for a messy conversation with the people who know us best. This is where we find out how we are really doing...
...residence, he enjoyed the often undivided instruction of the older monks, who schooled him in the improbably paired disciplines of Chan (Zen) Buddhism and kung fu, for which the temple was famous. Daily exercises sharpened both his physical and mental control: 30-minute handstands were followed by meditation; bare-handed wood chopping was a prelude to chanting sutras. "Buddhists believe in reincarnation," Yan Ming says, "and I figure I must have been a martial artist or a monk in a previous life. It all felt very natural to me." By the age of 17, he could dangle...
...otherwise dingy and barren room. According to Ceruzzi, “I wanted to be able to take the objects out of the bags if necessary, to see them better, but still preserve the concept of all of the objects fitting within a certain space.” Bare lightbulbs on the ceiling illuminate the sections of the display, which are partitioned into square grids with masking tape, each grid marking the space that a particular bag occupies. The asymmetrical geometric arrangement of the bags and objects lends a peculiar charm to the display, and the sparseness of the room...
...Crimson won the 1908 Game 4-0, in no small part due to the inspirational actions of Coach Percy Haughton before The Game in the locker room. According to the legend, Coach Haughton strangled a live bulldog to death with his bare hands, and then tossed its dead carcass at the feet of his players in order to get them properly motivated for The Game...