Word: meekly
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...female Passenger who came From Calais with us, spotless in array,- A white-robed Negro, like a lady gay, Yet downcast as a woman fearing blame; Meek, destitute, as seemed, of hope or aim She sate, from notice turning not away, But on all proffered intercourse did lay A weight of languid speech, or to the same No sign of answer made by word or face: Yet still her eyes retained their tropic fire, That, burning independent of the mind, Joined with the lustre of her rich attire To mock the Outcast - O ye Heavens, be kind! And feel, thou...
...Andrew Tan, his boyfriend of 14 years. And what a catty, campy, heady world it is. At the beginning of the novel, Andrew and Joey are as married as a gay couple in America can be. Joey is an arty, tempestuous, hot-blooded Cajun and Andrew a sweet, meek, well-organized Asian American. Joey, at the make-or-break moment of his ballet career, wins a prestigious grant to study Balinese dance and leaves Manhattan's West Village for the island with Andrew in tow, hoping to create a ballet that can make him the next Balanchine...
Harvard is no place for the meek. Strong opinions and strong wills clash in newspaper columns, journal articles, public debates and private arguments. Last Monday’s appointment of Clowes Research Professor Henry Ehrenreich as University ombudsman is an effort to replace some of this acrimony with compromise. The newly created office will be a resource for conflicts between faculty, students, employees and the administration. Ehrenreich will provide informal mediation and advice to parties in a disagreement, but will lack the authority to impose mediated solutions. While the exact parameters of this potentially vast role remain undefined, there...
...members are sexy for the same reason that those men were: they’re powerful. But despite their unapologetic musical muscle, their dominance over the stage has not a hint of brutality. It’s built from joy, righteous anger and a refusal to be meek...
...Atari-playing American-born son of Chinese immigrants, the narrator is stuck between two cultures. His repressed, hard-working parents live up to their roles as model minorities, but he doesn't want to play the part of the meek Asian kid. We see a teacher congratulating the narrator for receiving the highest marks in class, but we know the boy has just beaten up a racist classmate with a ruler. Ultimately, though, that hotel bell is inescapable, and when a health catastrophe strikes his father and destroys their finances, his family is left with nothing but the ashes...