Word: expression
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Sofen, however, was also quick to express his hope that both the queer presence on Harvard's own campus and the activities associated with Coming Out Day raise awareness of Shepard's death...
...explanation is that, as in the case of New York Presbyterian's nurses, computers often improve the efficiency and quality of work--indeed, of life--in ways difficult to express in numbers. That is especially true now that computers have moved heavily into service industries--health care, finance, law, advertising--where productivity was notoriously hard to measure even in precomputer days...
Even if they are pleasantly impressed by Abdullah, many in Washington will continue to yearn for King Fahd. He was a monarch who seldom wavered in his friendship and almost never spoke out against the U.S., while Abdullah will more readily express Arab frustration with American policies such as support for Israel and the unilateral bombing of suspected terrorist facilities. "Under Fahd, we had a 'special relationship,'" says a Saudi official. "Now we may have 'special differences...
Certainly, there are a few awkward moments. The writing feels somewhat uncertain at times, as if the author is searching for a few lines for the right words to express an emotion and then gives up and moves on, having stated but not shown the emotions involved...
What makes Bacharach and Costello's achievement so remarkable is their articulation of the coexistence of radiant love and its passing. Betrayals and reconciliations, obsessions and evasions coincide in the same words and while a song may express the despair of heartache, the music exposes the allure of it as well. The grief is unbearable but its melody is so sweet, so fragile, Bacharach and Costello seem to wonder who can live without it. Like love itself, of course, no one can. As in these desolate and beautiful stories, Painted from Memory suggests, we too may linger on the comforting...