Word: beckon
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...WAKING LIFE: E-mail, laundry and homework all beckon, so who has time for sleep...
...Vice President. But if you want to redeem America (and your boss) in the eyes of the world, you'll have to find a way to restore American leadership. Fortunately, you have the skills and circumstances to pull it off. As President Bush savors his triumph, the history books beckon. And you can help him take a page from Ronald Reagan, who in his second term forsook the mean streets of the cold war for the high road of history-making diplomacy. Reagan's reward was breathtaking. He brought down the Soviet empire without a shot being fired. Here...
Harvard/Cambridge is not really a chicken/egg problem. The University did come before Cambridge and helped make Cambridge such a sought-after hub. Locals know what awaits when they opt to locate or stay near the University—a college town. Sparkling suburbs like Concord and Andover beckon those with a special distaste for big, bad institutions...
Harvard/Cambridge is not really a chicken/egg problem. The University did come before Cambridge and helped make Cambridge such a sought-after hub. Locals know what awaits when they opt to locate or stay near the University—a college town. Sparkling suburbs like Concord and Andover beckon those with a special distaste for big, bad institutions...
...forged and bolted down in Sydney's western suburbs. He's an incremental man, modern and responsive, with a compelling history, energy and ambition. If he wins on Oct. 9, will he go the way of his political mentor Whitlam, who crashed in glorious catastrophe? The times don't beckon that kind of mad adventurism, in spite of Latham's "crazy-brave" persona among pundits. "Bite-sized changes in policy are more desirable (and certainly more believable) than big-bang social theories that turn the system upside down," Latham once said. Strip out the imagery of class hatred, the pandering...