Word: perfective
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...greatly moved by Pico Iyer's essay "The Paradise Within," in which he answers a question pertinent to our times: Where is paradise? We all seek betterment and the perfect paradise that we envision for ourselves. Toward that end, we are a few steps closer today to the paradise that we craved for yesterday. And as Iyer rightly points out, quoting the Zen temple sign, it's right beneath our feet. Saritha Rao Chennai, India...
...back for more Olympic glory in four years' time, dutifully listed an expanded highway system and improved English from the city's taxi drivers as his greatest desires for Beijing 2008. But, he added: "If the city looks beautiful and I win gold again, that would be the most perfect situation of all." The world's strongest little man has spoken, and all eyes will be on Beijing as the flame is passed from the Olympic birthplace to the very future of global sports...
...wide, crooked smile. It's disarming and endearing, and as Guevara's carefree escapade turns into something far more significant, it proves an excellent tension-breaker. As his spirited friend and travel companion Granado, Rodrigo de la Serna (who's related to the real Guevara) provides the perfect foil to his shy, noble cohort. Guevara may be the heart of the film, but Granado - warm, witty and full of life - is its soul. De la Serna tackles the role of skirt-chasing, wise-cracking Granado with mischievous glee. And why shouldn't he? This is, after all, his story...
...getting through a low-grade rapid without having to kick off a rock or get out and pull are much higher; in the Red Devil, we whoop with excitement as we shoot backward over small rapids. We race each other along open stretches, and glide in silence among perfect reflections, legs trailing in the cold water...
...concerned about the throwing circle (take-off areas), which is the only area that had to be constructed." Some four inches of ancient sod had to be tampered with to create the cement circles for the stadium's two competition shot put areas, but in the end, they were perfect too, the final touches added in the early evening prior to the day's competition. For the rest, there was little interference with the ancient stadium - besides a little tape and string here and there, the grounds were as they had been in A.D. 393, when they last hosted...