Word: lull
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...even this understanding of the quote, which should be more compatible with the room it sits in—even this qualified emphasis on morality and love—just seemed drowned. It was overpowered by the gentle ticking of the grandfather clock and the hushing lull of the incredible chairs...
While groups like Harvard Radio Broadcasting (WHRB) have managed to attract more first-year students after an initial lull, PBHA remains extremely short-staffed...
Even worse, preregistration would almost inevitably encourage caps on the number of students allowed to take popular classes. The new system, by providing tentative enrolment numbers before students actually start attending class, would lull professors into thinking that their class size is predictable. It would discourage professors from making arrangements to hire last-minute TFs—which would be a disaster if a popular class’ size were to unexpectedly boom due to any variety of reasons. Many students choose some classes based largely on word-of-mouth, and sometimes, after hearing of a particularly talented professor, more...
...street level, this lull means Ali is grumpier than usual because taking home poor tips guarantees a regular ear bashing from his wife. In a wider context, however, it's even more serious: luxury hotels across the country?a legacy of the Israeli-Jordanian peace accords of 1994 and the subsequent joint tourism projects undertaken a few years before the start of the second intifadeh?are nearly empty, and the tourist sites deserted. Any passing traveler can currently walk into a five-star property and pick up a room fit for King Abdullah II himself for less than...
...issues of Palestinian reform, rebuilding PA security forces, easing the crippling burden of occupation for ordinary Palestinians and withdrawing Israeli forces. The Palestinians cite the Israeli presence as preventing reform; the Israelis say the continuing security threat necessitates their continued military presence. Indeed, they say, the comparative lull of the six weeks preceding last Wednesday's bombing was a result of their security actions foiling hundreds of planned attacks in the same period rather than of any change on the Palestinian side. And so the standoff continues, always on the brink of a major new outbreak of violence...