Word: matchless
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...more American families discover a truth as old as marriage: a lasting covenant between a man and a woman can be a vehicle for the nurture and protection of each other, the one reliable shelter in an uncaring world - or it can be a matchless tool for the infliction of suffering on the people you supposedly love above all others, most of all on your children...
...garden is an acceptable substitute. Diners who like the furniture can have reproductions made by the owner, who also runs a design and landscaping firm. There's no word on whether he can build you your very own gazebo, however. Even if he could, Agalico's ambiance is matchless...
...very best, as in the Rabbit novels - two of which won Pulitzer Prizes - or his 1968 shocker, Couples, in which he dove fearlessly into the sexual revolution, he looked deeply and clearly into the swamps of human experience and reported back to us what he saw with a matchless precision and a warm, generous judgment. (Read a 1968 TIME cover story on Updike...
...Colton, Yeltsin was a man with a matchless capacity to reinvent himself, and an almost superhuman resilience that enabled him to see off his enemies. He felt uncomfortable with any fixed ideological position, relying instead on intuition. Critics put it about that he lacked intellectual inquisitiveness; in fact, he made a constant effort to refresh his thinking and was no ignoramus. He particularly liked Chekhov's short stories. When not bingeing on vodka, he was a bit of a puritan in social relations. He abhorred unpunctuality: his favorite gift to anyone was a wristwatch. Aides who made lewd comments quickly...
...education reforms. That process should involve the resources of the whole University, Faust added. “I hope we will bear in mind the question of how our undergraduate program can draw greater strength from the fact that Harvard College makes its home within Harvard University, with its matchless collection of schools, centers, libraries, laboratories, and museums,” she wrote. While Faust has publicly emphasized her desire to build networks across the University since her appointment was announced in February, she has not yet announced any specific new initiatives she expects to launch to accomplish her goals...