Word: mannerize
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...been talking primarily about how to structure things so that upon his return he can be doing the job in the manner and circumstances he would set for himself," Carnesale said...
...French consulate in Oran, Algeria, that the plane was "a flying bomb that will explode over Paris." From accounts of passengers released in Algiers, the French had already learned that there was dynamite on board; demolition experts would subsequently confirm that the explosives were placed in such a manner as to rip the plane apart if triggered...
...there is a crisis, it is in the insuperable gap between expectation and effort. The provision of health care is by nature personal, and needs to be thought of and developed in that same way. Those who view receiving medical services in the same manner as being served at a fast food drive-thru window expect a bit too much for the effort they...
...issued by President Washington, asserts that "it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God." The U.S., however, had special reasons to be thankful: "for the signal and manifold mercies . . . in the course and conclusion of the late war"; "for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions"; and "for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed." Men fight and plan for liberty, but they do not decree it. God does that. The Thanksgiving Proclamation echoed, in workaday language, the assertion of the Declaration of Independence...
...Citron, he remained at home and out of sight after surrendering his $100,000-a-year job and declaring that "what I did was not irresponsible in any manner, shape or form." When Citron's investment strategy came under attack earlier this year, Bert Scott, who heads the Orange County General Services Agency, said, "It's like he walked down the street, and someone just stepped in front of him and punched him in the stomach. This has taken him totally by surprise." Even more surprising, perhaps, has been the revelation that this shy, bespectacled public servant had this kind...