Word: displays
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McCain's fire has been on display for a while, and it has often served a useful purpose. It kept him going for 5 1/2 years as a POW. It sustained him through withering opposition to his attempts to overhaul campaign finance and regulate tobacco. Precisely because he is willing to rip up the rule book and stomp around a little bit, McCain has won the hearts of those who recognize that if Washington is going to be changed, it requires wrinkling a few ties...
About 10 minutes before the puck drops, Athletic Director William J. Cleary '56 and last season's co-captains--A.J. Mleczko '99 and Claudia Asano '99--will help Coach Katey Stone unveil the 1998-99 AWCHA national championship banner. The banner will be on display at the east end of the rink, close to where the men's NCAA championship banner from 1988-89 has been sitting, all alone, for a decade...
...conferring the sense of a writing exercise gone awry. Ilana watches her bother Ari "rip the sheep from piece, till it was nothing but bloody meat," then describes him "trying to put the animal back together, licking his fingers and crooning, cramming the limbs back into their sockets." This display of the grotesque is one of many that causes the reader to wince and writhe; while indicative of her poetic prowess, Budnitz's portrayal of old country rituals offers little to Ilana's narrative and destroys the integrity of her tale...
...Pointing to the way the books are on display, not only on tables, but also on the ends of the aisles and next to the counters, she says, "They want to catch your eye. It's all about creating impulse purchasing...
...prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain thought to serve as a kind of moral and social compass. The woman was run over by a car at 15 months; the man had a brain tumor removed at three months. Both made remarkable recoveries until they began to display serious behavioral problems...