Word: pathe
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...months pregnant, Sacajawea helped direct the historic 31-person expedition on a safe path from the Ohio River Valley to the Pacific, negotiated so that Lewis and Clark could buy horses for the journey, translated for them and taught them to survive a cold winter on the plains...
...there is bad news as well, I readily concede. If I failed as a leader, I think it was in that I failed to sufficiently bring students into the discussions the council was having. Early on, I developed a good relationship with administrators and plotted the path by which real changes could be made. At the same time, I accepted that certain things would not happen...
...question, Oriol is successful, but her path was rather unconventional...
...upcoming mission is a two-spacecraft extravaganza. The first ship--set to fly Dec. 10--is the workmanlike Mars Climate Orbiter. Arriving in September 1999, the spacecraft will enter an orbit of the planet that traces a path over the Martian poles, allowing it to study the local atmosphere. Its orbit will position it perfectly to act as a relay satellite for any later ship that may land on the surface. That's a good thing, since three weeks or so after the orbiter leaves Earth, NASA will launch another spacecraft, the more ambitious Mars Polar Lander...
While Tad has a healthy irreverence, guarding against the dead-end path of taking life too seriously, he maintains respect and love for the parts of Christmas that are genuine. He thinks fondly of "the tarnished diversity of ornaments Dad and Mom hauled down annually from the Waterville attic," musing that "Christmas ornaments are as close as most regular families ever get to an art collection." Underneath his jaded perspective lies a search for what is real, for what he can cling...