Word: perfective
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...only to realize an hour later that he has made a terrible mistake. He comes back, of course, drawn by his guilt over a friend?s murder and eventually finds himself on the money trail of a smiling man whom Mankell sees as the picture of contemporary Swedish capitalism: perfect tan, private helicopters and a pair of homicidal mercenaries hovering in the background...
...adults who are supposed to be nurturing the children but are lost in their own less-than-mature dreams of entitlement. All these prosperous people--save the criminal, of course--have bought into the middle-class American dream. Some wish vaguely to be "creative"; others think their birthright includes perfect romantic fulfillment. It may be that the film's greatest scene is a book group, in which the good ladies are studying Madame Bovary and trying to keep their distance from that doomed dreamer while Sarah tries to make them see what they might have in common with...
...streets of America shall run red with blood." The threat, delivered on one of those al-Qaeda videos that appear occasionally online, wasn't that unusual. Except that the man in it and three other videos spoke in perfect American English. His name is Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 28, a Californian who converted to Islam as a teen. Gadahn, who first appeared in an al-Qaeda video as a half-masked terrorist identified as "Azzam the American," was charged last week with treason for conspiring against the U.S. Now thought to be in Pakistan, he was added...
...parents. They can’t help it. But when it comes down to it, all they care about is seeing you. Plus, whether they admit it or not, they like checking out your college lifestyle and reminiscing about its similarities with their own. They weren’t perfect back then, either. How do I know? I met my dad’s buddy from college the other day, who said to me, “Hi, Eric; I’m Lloyd. I used to go to school with...
Although the current system is far from perfect, we are confident that the Finance Committee—hopefully with an additional $30,000 at its disposal—will be able to do an even better job supporting the Harvard campus by funding student groups. Whether its Santa Claus, John Haddock, or the Tooth Fairy who writes the check, $30,000 can make even Harvard-sized dreams come true...