Word: perfective
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...recalled his lessons about proper conduct. Girls and boys were to treat each other "as though they were snakes," she said. "There was nothing permitted romantically." Leaving the matchmaking up to the prophet "frees you completely from all the terrible mistakes girls can make," Jeffs said. His motto: Perfect obedience produces perfect faith, which produces perfect people...
...current interest in the Arctic, in short, is a perfect storm seeded with political opportunism, national pride, military muscle flexing, high energy prices and the arcane exigencies of international law. But the tale begins with global warming, which is transforming the Arctic. The ice cap, which floats atop much of the Arctic Ocean, is at least 25% smaller than it was 30 years ago. As the heat-reflecting ice that has made the Arctic the most inaccessible and uncharted part of the earth turns into water - which absorbs heat - the shrinkage is accelerating faster than climate models ever predicted...
...often? The answers come mainly from SAMHSA's national survey, a complex and carefully worded questionnaire administered continually throughout the year. It is one of the government's primary sources of statistical information on the use of illegal drugs by the U.S. population, but its data are far from perfect...
...many, Hanzich seemed to be a perfect candidate to be president of the United States one day, Eric Hanzich said...
WORCESTER—It was the kind of homecoming heroics usually reserved for Hollywood, but Dominic Randolph’s 52nd pass of the day hit an open Thomas Harrison streaking down the right sideline in perfect stride, and the Holy Cross receiver tiptoed the remaining few feet into the end zone just before a Harvard defender could arrive. The eruption from the home side, and the jubilation of the players on the field, was easily understood—the Randolph-to-Harrison connection with just 19 seconds remaining gave Holy Cross a 31-28 win on Homecoming...