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...candidate gets the department's nod, a dossier or "case statement" is prepared, which serves as a collection of a candidate's work and recommendations...
...from the piano stool like Jerry Lee Lewis, head thrust back and howling with pleasure. Beneath his fluid fingers, the keyboard ripples spontaneously, spinning out an endless series of riffs and variations, while his lyrical bassist, Gary Peacock, and elegant drummer, Jack DeJohnette, match him move for move. Heads nod approvingly as the melody is handed off from instrument to instrument, three men doing what they love best: making music with hand and heart...
...like Peter Gomes, succeed where so many others have failed?" Adams asked, in a nod to Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who is celebrating his 25th anniversary as minister of Memorial Church this weekend. "How in our existential ambiguity can we sing the Lord's song today...
...fast!" he urged. Moynihan, who was shopping around a dramatic proposal, had just witnessed a rare moment in Washington--the possibility of bipartisan, let's-jump-off-together risk taking. Senate majority leader Dole had mumbled something positive about the idea; if the White House, too, gave it a nod, the seemingly intractable deadlock over how best to balance the federal budget could be broken; sharp cuts in Medicare and Medicaid would be avoided; and both Republicans and Democrats might get away with milking large amounts of cash from the most sacred of cows: Social Security...
...House Speaker Charles Flaherty told the Legislature's Taxation Committee that any such nod to the business community must be tied to a promise from companies that they won't move away...