Word: momentous
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...giant Switzerland." Its people do not consider themselves threatened by the turmoil in the world around it, and see little point in going out looking for dragons to slay. Barack Obama may be Europe's darling, but he will find that his suitor's ardor cools pretty quickly the moment he asks European parents to volunteer their sons and daughters to beef up NATO forces in Afghanistan...
Capturing the Moment...
...deaths in the family, but I've got to admit that reading Nancy Gibbs' article on Barack Obama in this week's commemorative issue made my eyes misty [Nov. 17]. These were tears not of sorrow but of sheer appreciation for a wonderfully expressed essay about this transcendent moment in American history. Hervie Haufler, SHELBURNE...
...returned to where Deng was waiting, two covered corpses were lying outside the massage parlor. A family member identified Deng's mother. Deng called me over. In a voice cracking with emotion, he offered me a final few words. "You must cherish life," he said. "You must cherish every moment you are alive...
...swing votes instead of Lieberman. Occasionally courting these two socially liberal, fiscally conservative New England Republicans seems far preferable than having to pander to Lieberman just months after he traveled the country trying to torpedo his party’s chances. Given the crises that face America at the moment, it seems only logical that this new wave of Democrats would want to face them as a unified party. But this should also be a time of hope and change, of a new Washington, and bringing that promise to fulfillment requires the courage to upend the establishment and leave...