Word: pose
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Perhaps Penn's most famous feature is its location: West Philadelphia. Everyone has heard the stories about the threat the neighborhood and the neighbors pose to the safety of Penn students...
...spirited and lacking in a strong enough sense of evil to make the triumphs of goodness seem earned. Yet as a response to best-sellerdom, the book--and its author--has the bravery to strike off in a new direction. The intrinsic difficulties of completing a novel, says Guterson, "pose enough problems without letting yourself get distracted by external problems." Nonetheless, the fact remains that if East of the Mountains were coming out under regular circumstances, it would probably be regarded as a worthy excursion from a deeply serious and accomplished craftsman. With a $500,000 marketing budget attached...
...silence before they recover enough to surge forward to meet our heroes with rapturous devotion. Likewise, The Harmonists are not above mushy displays of affection, a fact which director Joseph Vilsmaier impresses upon us by repeatedly showing them joining hands in the tedious "All for one, one for all" pose...
...this belief, according to the study's authors, is that the main types of dietary cholesterol, saturated and trans fats, are not found in eggs. While eggs have both "bad" cholesterol and other less harmful kinds, there is not enough of any harmful cholesterol in one egg to pose a major health threat...
...boozing it up more than they should. A major national survey shows that of the 80% of the elderly who drink, 10% report downing five drinks at a time at least once a month, and 5% have that many drinks every time they imbibe. Heavy drinking can pose problems for seniors, especially if they are on medication that interacts with alcohol...