Word: leapingly
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...farming practices if it is to avoid chronic food shortages. That is likely to happen only if West Africans can turn agriculture into a successful commercial industry. But farmers there will never be able to compete against heavily subsidized exporters in First World countries. It may seem like a leap to link images of starving children to world trade, but one of the most effective things concerned citizens in the West can do is lobby their governments to drop agriculture subsidies. It's not going to cure all of Africa's problems, but it would be a big step...
Pollees saw no reason that Dartmouth or Columbia should suddenly reverse their skids of recent years to leap out of the league basement, as the Big Green and the Lions rounded out the Ivy League, receiving 36 and 24 points, respectively...
...also a fact that starting a business requires a profound leap of faith, and there Christian entrepreneurs may have a distinct advantage. When millionaire businessman and Cuban immigrant Aurelio Barreto III, 46, dreamed up a chain of mall stores selling cool Christian stuff for teens, even other Christians rolled their eyes. Undeterred, Barreto named his venture C28 (for Colossians 2:8) and has opened six stores since 2001. The loud music is Christian alt-rock, the graffiti on the floor is a blue cross and the toe rings say JESUS NEVER FAILS YOU. "When you walk in here...
Real might be Thomas Nelson's biggest leap of faith. Michele Clark Jenkins, an entertainment lawyer and writer, and Stephanie Perry Moore, a Christian author, launched the hip-hop-themed biblezine. It wasn't an easy sell: Thomas Nelson's white evangelical execs weren't exactly up on Usher's latest hits. "You should have seen their faces after we played one of the songs," says Perry Moore, laughing, referring to the Christian rap CD that comes with Real. "They were, like, 'How can this be Christian?' And some religious leaders question the biblezines' decorum. "The Bible is a word...
...haven't kept up with the best band of the past decade, Jumpers is a 4 1/2-min. refresher course. The lyrics--about considering a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge--read smart on the page, but they take on a tragic intensity in Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker's interwoven vocals...