Word: inwardness
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...Rose Maybud, whose comical reliance on a book of ladies etiquette is played to the hilt throughout the show. Callan Barrett is perfectly cast as Rose, exaggerating all of her ultra-feminine gestures, right from the outset of her tiptoeing, eye lash-batting and basket-carrying entrance. Rose's inward pureness is further demonstrated by her costume of nothing less than a sparkling white wedding dress, complete with a lace veil...
...layman's terms, that's stuff that weighs less than nothing. This may sound impossible, but the Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir theorized in 1948 that holding two plates of electrically conducting material very close together in a vacuum actually does create a region of negative density that exerts an inward pressure on the plates. The force predicted by Casimir has been verified in the laboratory...
...fled. He set off on foot for the village of Zaza, a few miles away, on a hunch she would be there with her two brothers. She wasn't, but a large number of Serb militiamen were. Thugs in balaclavas surrounded the village in three rings, moving inward to trap the inhabitants. Knowing they were targets, Kadriu and a few other men tried to escape. They managed to pass the two inner cordons undetected...
...Founder has in view the presentation of the personality of Jesus, as given in the New Testament, or unfolded in the history of the Christian Church, or illustrated in the inward experience of His followers, or as the inspiration to Christian Missions for the conversion of the world....[T]he Lecturer for each year shall be himself animated by...the hope of arousing in young men, and primarily in the students of Harvard University, the joy of service for Christ and humanity, especially in the ministry of the Christian Church...
Even though the death of a relative may make a family prone to turn inward, parents should be mindful that when children are grieving, they especially need their friends. A kid will express his sadness to his friends in a way he might not to his parents, especially when they are sad too. When I asked Martha what was most helpful in coping with her grandmothers' deaths, she said, "Talking. Talking with my best friend was the best thing...