Word: looming
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...employing humor without losing sight of the underlying tragedy. At one point in the show, Hussein's henchman assert that Sayid "will go far" - well, "bits of him at least." And the foot-stomping number "I Wanna Be Like Osama" skewers Hussein's hunger for power: "While my lackeys loom like vultures, I'll declare a clash of cultures, kill civilians by the millions round the globe...
...raised hopes that the same formula may make headway in Iraq's other troubled regions, especially Baghdad and Diyala province. But what's working in Anbar hasn't caught on nearly as much elsewhere and likely won't, at least not without the kind of negative repercussions that loom as a question mark over the Anbar enterprise...
...Mandawa, looks like an old-fashioned Indian maharajah. Over six feet tall, with a barrel chest and imperious paunch, he wears the upturned bristly gray moustache that his father and grandfather sported in their own time to mark their nobility. That much is clear from the oil paintings that loom behind Singh on a hot early morning on the verandah of his 71-room hotel, the Castle Mandawa, in the northwestern Indian region of Rajasthan...
...past weeks. We’ve set ourselves up to race our best this weekend—and I think we can do it.” From top to bottom, lights to heavies, Eastern Sprints will answer a lot of questions. And though the IRAs and NCAAs loom large in the future, this weekend has an importance all its own. “This weekend is the championship for a lot of the team,” Burkett said. —Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...
...were overall a consistently strong team throughout all the boats.”Coming off a victory over No. 19 Michigan State last weekend, the continued success bodes well for the Black and White as Eastern Sprints, crew’s end-of-year championships, loom in the near future.The heavyweight’s success is driven by the continued team achievements. Consistently throughout the year, the varsity four, second varsity eight, and other Radcliffe boats have notched win after win. Things did not change on Saturday, as the second varsity eight, varsity four, and novice eight were all victorious.Come...