Word: keening
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...knees but at the waist, and with a fluidity that suggests there is no better way to bend. They do a musical performance, a seketi, in which they clap rapidly and make instruments of their hands. Their comfort is mirrored in their faces; their eyes are keen and uneager, yet charged with authority...
...bundle of perpetual uncertainty and self-doubt, constantly feeling inferior due to his baby-face and five-foot-one stature yet blessed with keen insight and a genuine zest for life, a man who "loved life's details, relished even its absurdities, delighted in the oddity of human and animal culture, but simultaneously dreaded living." O'Donnell skillfully captures the post-modern existential plight: how to find yourself amidst confusion and chaos, how to live life in a way that is worth living. He writes with an original, sharp wit, turning no end of cleverly constructed phrases. He puts...
...Crimson wrestling team finished in ninth place at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Tournament...
Carrier was the offspring of an old New England family--in fact, his many times great-grandmother, who was known for her "keen sense of justice and a sharp tongue," was hanged as a witch by the Puritans in Salem. The son of a farmer and a "birthright Quaker" mother, Carrier was the only child in a houseful of adults, including his grandparents and great-aunt. He seems to have been a born tinkerer and figurer-out of problems. Unfortunately, he was seriously handicapped by lack of wherewithal. He worked his way through high school, taught for three years...
...have moved on to something else if he had found a better idea. Even after McDonald's was well established, Kroc still tried, often with dismal results, to move forward with upscale hamburger restaurants, German-tavern restaurants, pie shops and even theme parks, like Disneyland. He always had a keen sense of the power of novelty and a strong belief in himself and his vision...