Word: leape
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these explanations sound farfetched, none is wholly dismissable, since each requires a leap of faith from some assumed normal cause to an abnormal horrendous effect. In the gap between cause and effect sits gasping human will, flailing about in an effort to rationalize events that, in the end, cannot be rationalized. In 1969 a full-scale war broke out between Honduras and El Salvador that began with soccer fans clashing during the elimination round of the 1970 World Cup and concluded with bombing raids, troop movements and, eventually, 2,000 dead. Where does the historian search for the onset...
...intend to concentrate there," he says. "If I ask myself what I would do if I were 20 years old, I'd probably do just what I'm doing now. Which means I'm not about to sit back and wait for someone else to make the next musical leap. I think I'm just getting going. My best scores are the ones to come." If that is true, then the musical world is in for more invigorating shocks of the new from today's most innovative composer...
...president and part owner, Jeffrey Levitt, had stepped down under pressure from the insurance fund, which was worried about the thrift's sloppy management and overly rapid growth. In three years, Levitt had pushed the thrift from $140 million in assets to $873 million. Old Court made that leap with risky real estate deals and flashy Government securities trades, but faltered when some of those ventures fell through...
...internal Parent recording can never be erased, the Harrises say it can be understood in context and then tuned out. The couple have evolved a version of psychic salvation, stemming in part from Christian theology, that has made their system attractive for use in many churches: in a leap of faith and act of will, each person must see and love the Child in others. The healthy stance, "I'm OK -- You're OK," turns out to be Jesus' dictum played sideways: "Love thy neighbor as thyself...
...lying in bed asleep dreaming about Uncle Wiggly's magic tree house or something, when suddenly my door is kicked in I leap awake to see three heavily armed men in ski masks standing over...