Word: latching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...suggesting that every progressive suddenly latch on to religious terminology. I am suggesting that perhaps if we progressives shed some of our own biases, we might recognize the values that both religious and secular people share when it comes to the moral and material direction of our country. We need to take faith seriously not simply to block the religious right but to engage all persons of faith in the larger project of American renewal...
...without [the top runners] there,” Carlson said. “Usually I can see them up ahead of me and I try to stay with them...There were a lot of people in the meet though, so I was able to find a different group to latch on to.” Following Carlson was junior Lauren Walker, who placed No. 138 in a time of 19:34, and junior Erika Geihe, who negotiated the course in 19:51 for No. 168 place. Up next weekend for both the men’s and women?...
Directed by Stephen GaghanWarner Bros. Pictures4 1/2 stars“Syriana” is hardly the feel-good movie of the year. The audience has little to latch onto: there are no tidy conclusions, no moral victories. Jagged scenes, choppy story lines, and sharp dialogue bemuse and befuddle. The plot snakes in and around itself, yet the narrative entanglement revealed by the narrative peak lacks any sort of clear solution.But this uneasiness sets “Syriana” apart as striking and provocative. The movie raises questions about politics, war, and the Middle East through the lens...
...Harvard Environmental Action Committee (EAC) and a Crimson Arts editor, said that FAR has not contacted the EAC to help, and that there are enough groups that do so to occupy them fully.“It would serve them well to try to reach out and latch on to the students,” he said. “[It would be good] to raise the awareness of Harvard students because...they can become disconnected from the place they live in.”Mass agreed with the assessment. “It is a very special place that...
...fact, it's the challenge of getting it just right-of capturing exactly what America wants-that Wynn finds intoxicating. Looking back, he has little sentimentality for his earlier projects. "I don't latch onto things. They're just exercises in practicing my trade," he says. But in the thick of creation, he's fully engaged. "The 21/2 years of designing this hotel were like 90 days to me. No one saw me. I worked six days a week, and I was in ecstasy," he says. "Then we had to get financing, and that was work." It dawned on Wynn...