Word: eying
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...inside. Stephen Hawking has spent much of his life inside just that kind of corporeal prison. The late Jean-Dominique Bauby described his own, similar experiences in the extraordinary memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a book he wrote one painstaking letter at a time by blinking his eye in alphabetic code...
...which begin today, come in response to dinner-time congestion that frequently plagues Adams. The dining hall—built to accommodate 220—consistently draws swarms of non-residents due to the House’s convenient location. “We’re in the eye of the storm,” said David A. Seley, the Adams dining hall manager. The move drew praise from Adams residents and criticism from regulars of the dining hall from other Houses. “Adams loves having guests from other houses,” said Adams tutor Matthew...
...felt we had the best of both worlds when we took refuge inside of it. We could go down to street level for a taste of the craziness, and we could go up to the rooftop (where Secret Service Snipers patrolled with binoculars) for a bird’s-eye view, but we could also watch TV within the warm confines of the 15th floor and actually hear the speech and the rest of the ceremony. When NBC announced that the motorcade was leaving the White House for the Capitol, we waited by “Window 21?...
...With an eye to repair the damage, the guerrillas last year began releasing its remaining political hostages in dribs and drabs. The aim of the new policy is to sow the seeds for future peace talks and eventually to help the FARC regain the status of legitimate war combatants, which the international community still refuses to confer on it. The strategy is partly the doing of Alfonso Cano, who was named the FARC's maximum leader last March following the death, at the age of 78, of Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda, the guerrillas' cunning but stubborn founding father. Though a hard...
...picture is that President Obama believes faith-based and smaller secular neighborhood organizations can play a role in American renewal. They can work with the federal government to address big problems. We're also going to make sure we have a keener eye toward the separation of church and state." - Articulating his office's mission. (Associated Press...