Word: climaxes
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...infatuation with Bollinger reached its climax in the Harvard Independent, which had scooped the nation with the announcement of Derek C. Bok's appointment in 1971. This time the Harvard weekly proved less successful, running a full-page profile of Bollinger in its Thursday issue, accompanied by an editor's note explaining that the paper "has received information" leading it to conclude Bollinger "will likely lead this University starting in July...
...swivel on either end; Yu climbs up to stand on Yen's shoulders; finally they pole-vault to safety as Yam falls below to be impaled and roasted. (Rule No. 1: at the end of a Yuen movie, nearly anyone is likely to catch on fire.) Piling impossible climax on incredible crescendo, the 5-min. scene plays like a war of the titans in a child's playground of Hell...
That rebuke is a possible first step in an impeachment process that could drag on for months. Wahid may be required to defend himself first in writing and then by enduring a public skewering from hostile legislators. Alternatively, the climax could come a lot sooner: Wahid's adversaries are trying to convene a special session of the People's Consultative Assembly, which has the power to oust him. Either way, Wahid could face political ruin unless he can quickly mend ties with parliament...
...reach maximal fatigue, as those granted freedom quietly and deliberately separate themselves from those condemned to continue battle, one group steeped in bacchanalian post-bellum festival and the other steeped in paper-cut blood. The barbarians are knocking at my gate, and I barely even hear them. At the climax of the battle, when the boiling midnight oil should be burning through pages of texts, I find myself utterly enervated, unable to move or even to breathe...
...particularly involved in the electoral process anyway. Unless you're a constitutional lawyer and a superb statistician, when the Sunshine State finally does figure out who the next President will be, you won't be able to understand how he was chosen. Sheesh. It is a nationwide anti-climax and frankly, after a week of "too-close-to-calls," we're getting a little frustrated...