Word: pliant
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...speeds up and, wanting to show off some complicated turns, he asks to have this dance. He's clumsy but an emotional dancer. Then, without warning, he starts in on the chorus of Eres Mia (You Are Mine), a song that he says reminds him of his wife. His pliant and melodious voice rises and falls, conveying a sense of yearning. He sustains a note in space. Though only 5 ft. 7 in. tall and thin as a reed, he carries the voice of a giant...
That said, the relationship between the two countries is changing. A new defense arrangement--one that would loosen constraints on Japan's military activity--was at the top of the Camp David agenda. The current Japanese government is less pliant than its predecessors; Tokyo has said only that it "understands" the Bush Administration's plans for an antiballistic missile shield and has hinted it might develop its own missile defense. Koizumi, who enjoys enormous popular support, has rattled neighbors by displaying a nationalistic streak. He plans to visit a controversial shrine where convicted war criminals are memorialized...
...Israelis feel the present situation can't continue, but they have few strategic alternatives. Destroying the Palestinian Authority will not diminish the threat from Hamas or make Palestinians more pliant. If anything, it could create a power vacuum in which local warlords would assume power and there would be an upsurge in violence with fewer mechanisms of control...
...course, the Israelis would be wrong to think a Palestinian leader who was more like Mandela would be more pliant. Quite the contrary. They'd find it a lot harder to conclude a deal with a Mandela, or any leader of more democratic bent than Arafat. But in the end, they'd be able to rest a lot more assured that such a deal would hold...
...conclusion from a day's worth of anecdotal evidence is simple. The drive toward exploration and analysis ought to be cultivated early, as the Playdough in the hands is as pliant as the Playdough in the head. This drive need only be guided and focused by educators further down the line, as the planted seeds of inquiry and thought grow to fruition. If the paralyzing awe of the world can be buttressed to withstand adolescence, the fertile mental fields and greater freedoms of youth will couple with this wonder to create a lust for lifelong learning...