Word: curious
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...became a believer. With Buckley's help, Saxon got a small foundation grant and wrote two pugnacious and polemical articles in the magazine about textbooks and the teaching of algebra. They stirred considerable controversy, bringing Saxon a national audience and, eventually, hundreds of letters from teachers and parents curious about the book. Because of the articles and the Oklahoma test results, schools all over the country are now requesting Saxon's book. Fifty schools in Oklahoma have adopted it, plus scattered schools in California, New Jersey, New York and Maryland...
While it may not have the curious fan appeal of professional grappling, college wrestling is a true art form. In contrast to the vicious heart punches and paralyzing spinal stings of all-star smash-ups, the real collegiate sport requires brains, brawn, balance and speed...
...They appeared out of the blue, figures in white, and did a curious dance," Sheldon L. Glashow, Higgins professor of Physics, said yesterday, describing a Lampoon visit to his Science A-20 lecture. "Then they disappeared to whence they had come," he added...
...their roles (although the relationship of West and the other women in the cast, most of whom are ostensibly her fellow wards, does seem more like babysitter than sister). But they do look older than anyone else on stage, and consequently, their various excesses--incessant mugging from Devenish, a curious lack of passion from West, and a slightly humorless, banker-like mien from Crowley--are all the more pronounced...
...want to come home to me?" Jack does. Rogue male and loving husband, he forgives her tantrums, ignores her affair with O'Neill, sees through her to the spine of pride and loyalty. And Louise learns that her destiny is to be Jack's partner in the curious dance life has choreographed for them-to be his exciting, independent, essential wife...