Word: exactions
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...past. But Nauvoo is the uneasy recipient of a double bounty: a town with two histories and two identities. In the mid-19th century the Mormons built a gleaming capital here, only to be bloodily expelled within seven years. The excavation symbolizes their return. From it will grow an exact, $25 million replica of the first great Mormon temple, torched by arsonists in 1848. Through it the Latter-day Saints will recover a key part of their past and achieve a kind of redemption. The irony is that in doing so, they may erase the identity of the community...
...Hollywood summer blockbuster, although its weekend grosses will probably be announced in a breathless press release. It is a book, a really long book, with no moving images, sound track or joysticks. Reading it, or listening to someone else read it aloud, requires a modicum of silence, the exact antithesis of all the bells and whistles and clarions that heralded its arrival...
...like putting a man on the moon. Sequencing the entire human genome--spelling out the 3.1 billion chemical "letters" that make up human DNA--would be, scientists said, as challenging and rewarding as the Apollo mission that deposited Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface. But the comparison was never exact, and as the genome project approaches completion, it is becoming increasingly clear just how bad the analogy really is. Landing a human on our nearest cosmic neighbor was a straightforward achievement with no need for caveats or footnotes. As of July 20, 1969, nobody had set foot on another world...
...around the green. He is an excellent clutch putter. He has practiced diligently since he was a child. But what I've found most impressive about Tiger is his mental game. He has studied the swings of other great players, how they think about golf. He can remember the exact yardage he faced on each approach shot days after a round. He is driven to be the best golfer who ever played, and if he has a worry, it's that if he marries and has children, that might distract him from his quest. Ben Hogan had no kids...
...next door who wears short shorts. To me, it's the same thing. You made a vow. You have children. They deserve your sacrifice so they can have what they need to grow up because you made your choices already. So, for straight or gay, I would say the exact same thing...