Word: musters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clutching my Duncan Hines cake mix, and the woman beside me her Minute rice—in an eerie, Muzac-free silence. I tried to think of the heroes of Sept. 11, but the golden ranks of cooking oil had impressed themselves on my imagination and all I could muster was a profane and tedious mantra: Canola? Corn? Vegetable? Finally the nasal woman thanked us and told us we might continue shopping. Carts whirred back to life to the gentle strains of Muzac. The moment of silence had elapsed as irreverently as most...
...this regular scholastic observation of moments of silence that is partially responsible for the profanation of memorial moments of silence. If you fashion spitballs or play covert games of solitaire tic-tac-toe during most moments of silence, it is difficult to muster deeply-felt feelings for exceptional ones. You are desensitized to whatever symbolic weight a moment of silence might once have...
...difficult to agree—on anything (Opinion, “A Challenge to House Master Hanson,” Sept. 23). His courage in challenging Winthrop House Master Paul Hanson—for having signed an anti-Israeli divestment petition—deserves all the praise I can muster. That educated people could conclude Israel is worse in humanitarian terms than, say, Syria or Zimbabwe or China is testimony to the bias Israel faces and a reminder of the grim world into which irresponsible men like Hanson would deliver...
...given day,” noted Teddy, “my feet just smell better than the feet of someone who wears shoes.” So now only one question remained. Could I ever muster the inner fortitude to defy convention, as Teddy does every day? Could I challenge the cultural norms of most of the human race? Well...
...Glimmer Twin grandaddies and their band played a mix of their hits and more obscure tunes. While Jagger had most of the lead vocals, Richards, who could not muster the same presence as Jagger, took over for “Slipping Away” and “Happy.” Of course, the group ripped through some of their greatest hits, including “Honky Tonk Woman,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and an encore of “Sympathy for the Devil?...