Word: beheld
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...wonder: Did Sydney Pollack feel a different kind of whoosh--something like the sound of wind being removed from sails--when he first beheld Sense and Sensibility? Pollack is its executive producer, without whose enthusiasm, it is said, the movie might never have been made. He is one of the few contemporary American directors blessed with a genuinely romantic spirit (Out of Africa) and no small gift for comedy (Tootsie). He is also, by quirk of fate, Lee's chief competitor in the romantic-comedy market niche this season, as the producer-director of Sabrina...
CONQUER! ASSAULT! I WAS DISMAYED AT seeing these words describe the continuing exploration of the depths of the seas. I have been awed by the underwater beauty of the ocean on just one snorkeling trip, and feel privileged to have beheld it. Surely man can leave this last frontier alone! True, there may be medicines to be found in the sea, but more people will die of starvation than by the diseases these might cure. If we are to survive, our primary focus must be worldwide population control. Where do we go after we have depleted the resources...
Through a teardrop of ancient amber -- fossilized tree sap as hard as plastic and as translucent as glass -- the scientists beheld their quarry: a small stingless bee that shared the earth with giant mastodons. With sterile instruments and gloved hands, microbiologist Raul Cano and his student Monica Borucki proceeded with an improbable experiment. First they delicately extracted the bee's diminutive digestive tract. Then they placed the tissues in nutrient-rich broth. Within a week the mixture turned cloudy, a sign that bacterial spores, dormant inside the bee for 25 million to 40 million years, had suddenly, miraculously surged back...
Finally, council members express concern thatthe administration will not allow dances to beheld as often as undergraduates would like...
After lengthy debate, the council voted througha package specifying that the referendum will beheld...