Word: knell
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...line buried toward the end of Act Three, John tells Carol, "And now I owe you a debt." That line is essentially John's death knell: an admission of obligation, of defeat at the hands of a student, explodes his entire notion of self. Davidson missed the line completely and others like it that show us who John is or might have been. Instead, he favored the longer speeches, merely growing louder as the play hurtled forward. With no real foundation on which to base his portrayal, he reduced an intricate part to a pathetic boor...
...adoption of the new application sounds the death knell for the Harvard application, but the old form lives on in the memories of administrators, professors and students who remember filling...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell declared health care reform dead for this session of Congress, joining Republicans who rang the death knell last week -- and blaming them, too. The Maine Democrat on Friday made a last-ditch effort to round up a filibuster-proof 60 votes for a moderate health package, but the GOP and a few opposing Democrats held firm. Mitchell also ignored a group of liberal lawmakers who wanted a stripped-down reform package that would cover children. The next chapter: November, when the Election Day blame game begins...
...adoption of the new application sounds the death knell for the Harvard application, but the old form lives on in the memories of administrators, professors and students who remember filling...
...School choice is the death knell for urban education in America," Bachrach says. "School choice is merely... an escape valve that will destroy urban public education...