Word: frames
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...cacophony lasted nearly a minute, maybe more. And when it was over, Livingston, who stood bracing his tall, lean frame over the lectern, lifted his head up and delivered the sentences that sucked the air out of the House chamber. "I can only challenge you in such fashion that I am willing to heed my own words," he said, still addressing Clinton. At that there was an audible, collective gasp. At least one Republican lawmaker softly spoke the plea...
When three blatant officiating blunders led to losses for the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers in recent weeks, the whole playoff picture was torn from its frame. The NFL politburo announced that instant replay, in use from 1986 to 1991, may be revived for the playoffs...
...selective ignorance of the nature of republican government. This crisis illustrates precisely why policy is not made by pollsters but by rational, level-headed representatives who can fully appreciate the implications to American politics. The fact that Democratic spin doctors and an accomplice media have been able to successfully frame this issue as "just about sex" has more to do with public apathy than any sort of rational public discourse on the subject...
...Abercrombie's case they would have to take whatever time they need to build out their space," he said. "If we turn it over to them in May, we would be looking at the August-September 1999 time frame [for opening]," Goddard said...
...hand on a rock, but eventually I turn clumsiness to my advantage by forcing everyone to slow down. I am seeing the jungle for the first time. Here alone are 300 species of trees. They are at once the pillars and the superintendents of the rain forest, the frame of the house and its chief occupants. The spiny understory palm trees make baskets from branches growing out of their trunks, which become compost machines for falling leaves, which in turn sustain the trees. Since the soil is not deep enough for roots to penetrate, the larger trees like the ceiba...