Word: loom
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...even a chapter of particular significance for those of us inclined to prolixity, grandiloquence or verbosity: "The Case for Short Words," focusing on the impact of the monosyllable. There are chapters on people like T.S. Eliot, Lewis Carroll and Mark Twain, who wove innumerable new strands into the "Loom of Literature." In fact, Lederer broaches almost every subject concerning the English language...
...missed connection and lack of sleep loom large in their minds after the first day of play...
...justify its continued existence, the agency must both reduce and redirect its clandestine activities. Before retiring as director at the end of the summer, William Webster began shifting resources toward fighting terrorism, the narcotics trade, nuclear proliferation and other threats that loom large in the post-cold...
...that is famed as the cradle of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution is throwing off its communist legacy with a vengeance. Known for 67 years as Leningrad, Russia's second largest city last week officially became historic St. Petersburg again. The name change is largely symbolic. Statues of Lenin still loom over city parks and cast long shadows in front of train stations. The city council, mindful of budget constraints, has decided not to spend any money on new road signs or stationery. But the rechristening reflects a deeper transformation that optimists say has affected many of the city...
...behind the scenes, many Europeans are delighted. They have told Washington officials that by insisting that peace talks and an Israeli pledge to halt settlements in the occupied territories must come before the money, Bush is demonstrating a long-overdue evenhandedness to the Arabs as the delicate negotiations loom. Says a senior French diplomat: "At last Bush is stopping the tail wagging the dog. Without that, the peace talks would be doomed from the start." So why not support him in public? Says a European diplomat: "We don't want to be accused of anti- Semitism...