Word: levelness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...admire Gilbert's ability to "quietly" endure her father's views; some of us cannot reach that level of mature acquiescence. We give in to our political passion, albeit childishly. I waited until my McCain-lovin' parents left town, then put Obama signs all over their front lawn. True, there was a verbal barrage when my father returned, stunned by the signs of Obama love. But for this 40-year-old liberal, it was well worth it. Jennifer Loman, CHICO, CALIF...
...Director Bill P. Purcell said that the poll also observed a continued level of high support among American youth for public service...
...safety measures. Daniel V. Kroop ’10, a Pforzheimer UC representative, called the petition an important effort to increase the Quadlings’ voice. “The UC works best when students are getting involved personally in advocacy, when it has strength at the grassroots level,” Kroop said. “[The petition is] an important advocacy symbol and hopefully will be a harbinger of advocacy efforts to come,” he said. Hadaway said she hopes the petition will mark the beginning of a dialogue with University administration...
...five, James Yannatos pointed to a violin in a New York City store window and asked his mother if he could have it. Seventy years and countless performances later, Dr. Yannatos’ lifelong career in music may be ending on a professional level, but it is far from coming to a close...
...through, as do the twin intoxicants of opium and love. Customs dissolve, hierarchy crumbles, social worlds collapse, and all of the wreckage tumbles onto the deck of the Ibis. The virtue of the novel, as opposed to the history, is in its ability to dramatize that tumbling on every level, down to the word itself. The best novels convey the essence of their story in any single sentence.While Ghosh has a capacious imagination and a nimble authorial voice, his prose does not share in the exoticism of his story. There is no “odour of spices creeping through...