Word: commiting
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...Toni Morrison's first novel since she won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature tells a haunting tale. After the Civil War, nine ex-slaves move their families to the Western territories to found a new community and new lives. Nearly a century later, some of their descendants jointly commit a violent crime. Why? What happened to the dream of paradise? Morrison's soaring, incantatory prose provides the rich, unforgettable answers...
...President has divided and preoccupied the nation, warped our sense of proportion and left us vulnerable to foreign threats. It is now clearer than ever that Republican leaders, perhaps by following the plan for a joint censure resolution proposed by Bob Dole in Tuesday's New York Times, must commit to clearing the Lewinsky matter off the decks by the start of the new year...
...hour, brilliantly dark retelling of each of the commandments. Poland never looked more beautiful, even if watching all ten earnest hours seems more than a little dutiful. But -- careful, Bill -- don't look to close, not at a series that has segments with titles like "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery...
Young people have always been known to commit mischievous and malicious acts for fun. Since today's youth have grown up with computers and technology, it is not surprising that they now use this technology to pull pranks and wreak havoc in the Internet, administrators...
During the 1907 Panic on Wall Street, an aging Morgan mobilized the city's bankers in his solemnly ornate library and got them to commit money to a rescue fund that ended the bank runs convulsing the city. It was the last hurrah for a self-regulated financial system: Morgan's dazzling improvisation proved the urgent need for a central bank, setting the stage for the passage of the Federal Reserve...