Word: build-up
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...orchestra did acquit itself with more aplomb with a rousing version of John Lennon's 1969 Beatles tune "Come Together," which eventually materialized as the build-up to Dick Cheney's climactic speech on Wednesday evening...
...With all the build-up surrounding the exhibit, it was disappointing to exit the lecture hall and find that it consisted solely of huge blown-up photographs of textiles, nature scenes, sketches and models behind barbed wire wearing Rei's work. The degree of success with which the attempt to bridge the gap between old and new was met could perhaps be reckoned by the quizzical expression on the face of the graying man in the conservative suit examining the exhibition. He stood watching one of two video monitors displaying excerpts from Kawakubo's most recent runway showings, in which...
Although the Purple Eagles had a couple of chances in the first frame, they opted to dump the puck over the Crimson's blue line, creating little organized offensive build-up. Ruggiero and the rest of the back line were quick to the corners, however, and Niagara's tactics often ended in Harvard possession...
...Some women find that conjuring mental images is the best way to go. An anonymous Cabot House sophomore prefers "erotica that is heavy on the [emotional] build-up and romance...Anne Rice is good for that." But, like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words...
...American build-up really necessary? The White House thinks so, arguing that the ABMs will counter emerging threats from North Korea and China, countries that do not have an extensive nuclear arsenal but will within a few years have the capacity to deliver a small number of warheads to targets in the U.S. Republicans, reading this as Son of Star Wars, enthusiastically agree. On the other hand, the bang for the buck may be very small - the greater nuclear threat may come not from missiles but in small packages hand-delivered by terrorists - compared to the potential dangers that accompany...