Word: rewardingly
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Critics in this country would counter that we cannot reward our enemies for what they did to us on Sept. 11. I agree. We cannot offer aid of any sort to the terrorism-sponsoring nations of the world until they first renounce terrorism, then expel the terrorist cells within their borders to face world justice, then reform their governments along lines of our choosing. But there must be some provisions for reapproachment, and they involve difficult diplomatic issues that I cannot even begin to imagine. Nevertheless, reapproachment and financial integration must be priorities of our new policy in the region...
...flutter on the vehicle—ambassadorial style. Drunk men peer out of its darkened windows, waving 40s of malt liquor in hand and yelling, “Go America! Go America! Go America!” All the party people, standing on a sidewalk still wet from rain, reward this chant with a tipsy round of applause...
...contract out or let it go as they pursued being buff, polished and ready to master the universe. Then one weekend when guests were coming, she blitzed her apartment, making beds with hospital corners, putting out fresh flowers, fixing pasta. She was astonished to find that the psychic reward was high...
Adhering to self-imposed recruiting standards means that Duke works with a talent pool far shallower than the competition's. The reward is that Coach K's lovefest with his players is never put in jeopardy. "How good was it for me to spend 148 games with Shane Battier?" asks Krzyzewski, referring to the 2000-01 season's consensus college player of the year. "Literally, over a thousand locker-room settings. How much is that worth, to be with that kid for four years? Or to be with Wojciechowski or Laettner or Hill or Hurley or..." he trails...
...like a snow day in Mount Kisco, with the school busses rolling early, but it was 81 degrees and pleasant. Very strange. And then, in the large parking lot, as I held Caroline's hand and we made our way to Belizzi Pizza for her post-dentist reward, I noticed another odd thing. Kisco lies 15 miles north of Northern Westchester Airport, a stone's throw further from LaGuardia and another from Kennedy. There are few distractions here, but there's always an airplane or four overhead. There are always vapor streams patterning the sky. Today, a beautiful but eerie...