Word: outerness
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...land. Its concrete slabs are more than 20 ft. high and crowned with coils of razor wire; the wind seems to blow every stray plastic bag in the Holy Land into its cold shadows. The Palestinians like to say, accurately or not, that the wall can be seen from outer space...
...mission, Gates said, was "to put Iraq in a better place," which is a spectacular understatement. Iraq was falling apart in late 2006, and Gates found the Defense Department in paralytic denial. His nonstop effort to reform the institution - abetted by military rebels who had been cast into the outer darkness by the powers that were - is a great untold story of the war on terrorism...
With a paring knife, trim the base of the leaves flush with the artichoke bottom. Snip or pluck off the outer layers of leaves to expose the leaves that are pale yellow almost all the way to the tip. Cut off the top third of the artichoke leaves with a sturdy serrated knife...
With a vegetable peeler or paring knife, trim the dark outer layer of the artichoke stem. Dip the artichoke in the lemon water as you go to prevent it from darkening. Cut the artichoke in half through the stem...
...athletics. As for offering any definitive answer as to how to live the good life, no convenient elixir is forthcoming. That the study fell short of the bright-eyed ideals with which it commenced, however, is only to be expected—psychology may be able to trace the outer manifestations of human action, but it can never tell us through scientific analysis alone how to lead the good life...