Word: hand
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...RHEE'S TOUR OF SCHOOLS DURING the first week of classes this year, a parent stopped her to praise her accomplishments so far. Rhee listened with a small smile while systematically cracking each of her knuckles with the thumb of the same hand. Then she got back into her SUV and began furiously e-mailing. When she calls her staff, she does not say hello; she just starts talking. She answered 95,000 e-mails last year, according to her office...
Sometime around noon that day, Barack Obama will stand before millions of people on the west front of the Capitol, put his hand on the Bible and promise to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Then after delivering his Inaugural Address, the 44th President may step inside the Capitol and sign the lead elements of a two-year, $1 trillion economic-stimulus package, the largest ever fiscal booster shot in peacetime. Never mind all the familiar chatter about a new President's first 100 days; Obama's first 100 hours could break some records...
...toilet seats. (There's a toilet-seat-art museum in San Antonio, Texas.) Since objects of desire tend to hold some special meaning, they let people connect with the instant intimacy of shared fixation. If you doubt this, stop by modernmoisttowelette.com to compare notes about the world's best hand wipes and their unexpected uses...
...Harvard hoopsters went to the line an astonishing 39 times, connecting on 32 of those, accounting for nearly half of its point total. Holy Cross, on the other hand, made just 14 trips, all in the second half...
...years ago, the pair was presenting their work at the Harvard Herbarium when, in the middle of the talk, Davis popped his hand...