Word: droving
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...that first day. Sometimes I called her to find out where she was and remind her to check the oil when she fueled up. Sometimes she called me just to talk because the route was "so boring." It was often hard to hear her over the background noise. She drove with the windows down and the CD player blaring...
...swearing-in, and Thomas Jefferson extolled Jesus as the most important philosopher in his life two centuries before Bush ever did. Abraham Lincoln, the President whom Bush says he admires most, called the Civil War God's punishment for the sin of slavery, and the presidency an office that drove him to his knees "by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." William McKinley decided to invade the Philippines to "uplift and civilize and Christianize" its people. And Woodrow Wilson, a son and grandson of ministers, believed that God had ordained him to be President, inspiring Freud...
...plot is as simple as that of a western (or, Hodges says, a samurai epic). The actors are more elements in a dark, elegantly realized landscape than fully incarnate characters. Among the things Hodges and Preston have stripped out of their film are all the usual explanations. What drove Will away from his successful criminal past? What does Charlotte Rampling's enigmatic restaurateur see in him? Instead, what we have to entertain us is style. As with Croupier, Hodges is not in any hurry to get to the point of his scenes, which are often quite underpopulated. He wants...
...Barcelona, Kendall was thrown from a power boat, its propeller severing a tendon and breaking a bone in her wrist. During a remarkable recovery, she trained with her brother Bruce (Olympic boardsailing champion in '88). "It never occurred to her that she couldn't beat him," recalls Beck. "She drove herself to a level so far ahead of the women that she absolutely dominated the Olympic competition." Despite her laid-back lingo ("bummed" and "stoked"), there's a regal confidence, not at all boastful, on display as Kendall speaks about windsurfing and her life experiences...
Draughan quickly brought the ball up the court for the Bulldogs. He drove to his right and then cut towards the basket, but was immediately met by sophomore guard Michael Beal. Draughan attempted to put a shot up, but Beal ripped the ball out of his hands. He dribbled to the corner, where he was fouled by Yale’s Paul Vitelli...