Word: latching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Naomi T. Ewing, director of college counseling at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, located in Chicago’s north suburbs, noticed that low income students aren’t quick to latch onto Harvard’s promise of affordability...
...worked hard. But I found it a hard-nosed environment. And it was very hard to settle down with a girl there. All us actors were running around without any relationship because we didn't know which new girl was going to come through town for us to latch on to. I would have loved to have found a girl I could relax and be with for a long time, but it was very hard there. I had to marry a couple of them in order to find out. My wife now, Jillie, we've been married for over...
...disposition." When he happened to meet his neighbor returning from the store, Obama would offer to carry the old man's groceries. Together, the two of them would slowly climb the stairs, never speaking, and at the top, the man would nod silently "before shuffling inside and closing the latch ... I thought him a kindred spirit," Obama concludes...
...pressed into her skin like brands, and in the process she resolved to kill Frederick before breakfast.Dressed, she left the house, descended the terrace steps, and set out for the stables.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *She paused outside the door of the gardener’s shed, her hand quivering lightly upon the latch. If she opened the door, if she dared to set even one foot across the threshold, the decision would be made, she would do it. She was suddenly aware of the fragrant air, astonishingly heavy and moist for the summer. She heard, as if from a piano, note by melodious...
...Clinton herself, along with G.O.P. presumptive nominee John McCain, were quick to latch on to Obama's comments as "elitist", "condescending" and "out of touch." Clinton has mentioned the gaffe at every event she's had all weekend, and her surrogates have picked up the drumbeat across the country. "As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient, who are optimistic, who are positive, who are rolling up their sleeves," Clinton said Friday. "Pennsylvanians don't need a President who looks down on them, they need a President who stands up for them, who fights for them...