Word: mover
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...first saw the spectacle of a house on wheels as a young construction worker, when he once worked on a project where a building mover was brought in. In 1983 he founded Northeast Building Movers, which now averages more than 50 jobs per year...
...center of Collins’ arguments, which he presented over three nights as the William Belden Noble Lectures, are two different arguments for the relevance of the Deity. The first argument holds that God is the prime mover who is responsible for the universe in unknowable ways. This view posits that some force determined the measurements of the universe—such as the charge on an electron—to optimize them so humans could evolve. Cosmologists generally agree that the chance of a universe having the properties of ours seems exceedingly small. Supporters of this first conception...
...prime mover of the peace talks, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, is acutely aware that talks could be long-winded: he often cites the failed peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. "What I'm trying to do," he says, "is move it fast this year to make it irreversible." Wickremesinghe is hoping that a year of normalcy will convince Sri Lankans on both sides of the ethnic divide that these talks, unlike many in the past, must succeed. "It became clear the LTTE could not throw the Sri Lankan armed forces out of the North and East," he says. "Neither...
...It’s a hard job to hound him,” Dunphy said of Harvey. “I think he’s a terrific player, very good scorer and a constant mover out there. Those are hard guys to defend. But I think Schiff is a pretty good athlete and the size seemingly helps us as well...