Word: recess
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...terrors of life in a prosperous, powerful, peacetime society! In a nation rich enough to be morally incoherent and given to media vapors, language inclines to hysteria. Murder ball? Killer ball? Really? People with no experience to teach them otherwise are dumb enough, self-indulgent enough, to equate recess with the intifada...
...whose wife has long since passed away. On days like these the warm air is filled with such energy and life that, when he closes his eyes, he knows she is sitting right there beside him. Spring love can be fleeting, as in the secret kiss in a darkened recess of Lowell’s courtyard, or bittersweet, as in the final shared moment before an inevitable summer split, or pure, as in the bond between two who have just traded a question, an answer and a ring...
...their toughest challenge - keeping quiet and letting the White House sort it out. And for the most part, they managed to remain calm and dignified despite 24-hour news television's hunger for threats and ultimatums. Lucky for everyone, though, that the issue was resolved before they returned from recess...
...fact that senators and congressmen were all back in their home states to start their two-week Easter recess isn't changing the fact that Bush's budget will spark a battle royal that will put his tax cut in a fresh round of danger. In fact, it's probably going to make it worse...
...warnings may reflect the administration's concern that if the crisis is not resolved when Congress reconvenes next week, pressure will quickly mount in Washington for a tougher stand against Beijing - which would likely result in similar hardening of the Chinese position. The congressional recess has given the Bush administration a window in which to cut a deal relatively free of domestic political interference, but Chinese president Jiang Zemin's 10-day visit to Latin America, which began last Wednesday, may complicate matters. Some observers believe that the Jiang's absence from Beijing is giving greater weight to statements emanating...