Word: redeemingly
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...food, the whole Left Behind phenomenon, because it says to people, in a popularized way, it's all going to pan out in the end," he says. "It assures them, in the midst of a general cultural breakdown and a time of growing danger, that God is going to redeem the time." Evangelicals who had felt somehow left behind in secular terms, by a coarse culture and a fear of general moral decay, welcome arguments that even the most tragic events may be evidence of God's larger plan. In fact, you don't have to be religious...
...Brazil, the World Cup is not only the biggest showcase for their national passion, but also a vehicle to redeem themselves from their sense of underachievement in world affairs. After all, Brazil is a country with the resources, economic potential and the sheer size to be a global power. But it isn't, and until such time as that moment arrives, futebol provides the proud Brazilians with their best chance to be taken seriously as undisputed world leaders. That's why failure to bring home the cup is almost akin to treason. Less so for the Germans, who take their...
...redeem herself, she needed her teammates to come through with the first four hits of the rally. Her teammates needed her to make the clutch hit in the end. It worked...
...travel-stained togs when we realized that our rustic island bungalow already had a resident, who was hairy, eight-legged and about the size of a tennis ball. To our relief our uninvited guest eventually scuttled off and by morning was nearly forgotten. All it took for paradise to redeem itself was a short trek up to our resort's restaurant-cum-chill out lounge, a laid-back, thatched hut straight out of the Jungle Book...
Daschle acolytes will say I’ve been unfair to poor Tom: that despite his not-so-little white lies, his position is correct. When Social Security begins running deficits as baby boomers retire, the government will have to redeem those IOUs. So wouldn’t it be wise to set aside money for this purpose now? Shouldn’t we “shore up” Social Security by putting its current surpluses in a “lockbox” (another favorite Daschle word...