Word: impressive
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...rescuers to the disaster site, the desperate attempts to comprehend and get organized--is electrifyingly realized. In a movie age dominated by fictional disasters, it is wonderful to see Hollywood technology mobilized to make a worthwhile point, which is, finally, a very simple one: that under the impress of unimaginable chaos, human beings are capable of simple yet astonishing courage and altruism. Even in the place where a movie like this could go soft--in showing the lives of the trapped men's families--it maintains its unadorned simplicity. The waiting of the wives (Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal) mirrors...
...taking time away from the many opportunities was too difficult, and the personal choice I made to live a jam-packed life has ultimately been fulfilling.Nevertheless, I haven’t been able to ignore the message that Lewis, some professors, and even peers have spent years trying to impress upon me. Last week, a casual breakfast with a resident tutor turned into an unofficial advising session. I mentioned I was shying away from writing a thesis due to a heavy load of extracurriculars, courses, a fall internship, and job searching. “I need to slow down...
...while Lamont seemed nervous at the start of the debate, with a few awkward pauses between words, he largely held his own against the 18-year Senate veteran and former vice presidential nominee - rebutting Lieberman's attacks and trying to impress on Connecticut voters that Lieberman is too close to President Bush...
...system, however, has failed to impress either its critics or its supporters. Philip Coyle, the Pentagon's chief weapons tester for six years until 2001, says the shield is "a scarecrow defense" of unproven value. Baker Spring of the Heritage Foundation, a long-time backer, bemoans what he sees as Administration foot-dragging. "They are so scared of test failures," he says, "they're not moving forward as fast as they...
...takes more than a body slide to impress some jaded vacationers. One swoosh down Totem Tower at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Va., and Andrew Lappas, 5, seemed bored. "I thought, Uh-oh, one run and we're done?" his father, Chris Lappas, 40, recalls with a laugh. Before long they discovered the indoor water park's longer, steeper tunnel slides--they start atop a four-story staircase and snake in and out of the cavernous hall into a plunge pool below--and Andrew was hooked. "We proceeded to go down about 25 more times," Lappas says...