Word: crouching
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...untouchable, and are required to keep a physical distance, if not an emotional one. I shrink back as a professor walks by. “Take one!” he says, “they’ll be replaced.” Elated and relieved, I crouch down and pick up a piece, then unwrap the toffee and ingest the art. All the while, I feel small waves of my sacrilegious act crush down into my stomach.Both rich and minimalist, “Untitled” embodies the themes of identity and mortality that run throughout his work...
...plans for Europe aim at elevating the league to a similar level. But part of the mission Sunday was merely briefing prospective fans on the game's nuances. A recurring segment during television timeouts explained the finer points of the game - how to crouch in a three-point stance, for instance. Exuberance may have trumped insight among the crowd, but that shouldn't dim the league's optimism. Rather, it underlines the potential for growth...
...probably overblown. Hamre will proceed carefully. Besides, Gates, an old cold warrior, knows all about the balance of power. And partly as a result, he also named two notable Bush administration veterans to the Board at the same time: former NSC director Bob Joseph and deputy NSC adviser J.D. Crouch. Both have spent years working for the President on foreign policy and are personally identified with the foundation of America's adventure in Iraq. They will join other Republican notables like Henry Kissinger, Newt Gingrich and Fred Ikle...
When Melinda Gates listens, she leans in toward the speaker with rapt concentration, her eyes wide open, drinking in information. If she's visiting high school classrooms, as she was last month in Chicago, she doesn't hesitate to crouch down, in her heels and navy blue pantsuit, to get on eye level with a seated student and patiently ask questions. What she listens for are answers to some of the most vexing questions in public education: What does it take to turn a failing, urban high school into one that prepares students for higher education? How do you engage...
...Michael Essien was forced to drop deep as cover. This left Frank Lampard to do the the creative work and he was not up to the task this evening. Front man Didier Drogba, who had created all kinds of trouble for Liverpool last week, got the same treatment Crouch did, although he certainly complained much more about it. His flops made the Kop howl with derision...