Word: misshapen
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...euphoric first few years of a relationship, they also provide a much needed source of hope and inspiration for the unattached. "We need to live by stories that help us deal with tough realities. Idealism has a role to play - it can convince us that no matter how misshapen, decrepit, or dull we are, there is someone out there for us. And you know what? There is! Walk through any shopping mall and you see the most extraordinary pairings," he says. "We all need hope in our lives. And Hollywood trades on hope...
...Ahmet Altan, editor of Taraf, a liberal daily newspaper, argues that the crusaders against the film are motivated by a desire to curtail any such debate." Atatürk is being used as a shield to fend off questions about many things that are misshapen or rotten in this country," he wrote...
...moving to the sound of water,” Sabrina T. Peck ’84 says in dramatic hushed tones to an awkwardly misshapen circle of undergraduates. “Let the idea of water touch your being. Let it inspire you as you’re working...
...that deadline approaches, expect a fierce debate about the government's role in the housing market. Critics argue that Fannie and Freddie have become misshapen monsters, getting rich off implicit government guarantees. Yet when Wall Street managed to supplant them by backing subprime mortgages, the result was disaster. It's enough to make even the experts scratch their heads and wonder...
...dangerous threat: greening, a condition caused by the Asian Citrus psyllid, a sap-sucking insect invader from overseas whose depredations began three years ago. Unlike canker, greening spreads from tree to tree without the aid of heavy winds or rain. Greening, also called huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease, creates misshapen and bitter fruit and eventually renders the infected trees useless for commercial cultivation. As soon as the insects appeared, greening was detected in all 32 citrus-producing counties in Florida, as well as in Louisiana and Texas...