Word: roping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...which he often employs straightforward rhyme schemes. His poem “The Swing,” for instance, strictly follows the ballad form. He writes, “the bright sweep of its radar-arc / is all the human dream / handing us from dark to dark / like a rope over a stream.” One can easily hear the oscillating, swing-like rhythm, and this type of melodic accessibility permeates the entire book...
...example. when tying up Frank after he is accidentally drugged and knocked unconscious, Aaron remarks, “What do I look like, a serial killer? I don’t carry rope and duct tape around with me.” While in another particularly memorable scene, Jeff, a pharmacy student played by Columbus Short (“Stomp The Yard”), is asked about the origins of his hallucinogenic pills and replies, “I whipped a batch up for a friend,” a response which prompts Aaron to quip, “What...
...gather data on community births and neonatal deaths. Facilitators were required to be mobile and speak two or more local languages - prepared, in other words, to bicycle from village to village and sit in on sessions. Group meetings are informal, and usually open with village gossip. Goats tied with rope to trees bleat in frustration; children squirm in their mothers' sari-covered laps. The facilitator begins with a story related to a local concern, perhaps about a pregnant girl with malaria. Participants work with picture cards, identifying the problems depicted and collectively venturing causes (e.g., stagnant water) and solutions...
Reed may enjoy jumping, but if there’s one thing that excites her more than strategically twirling a rope, it’s teaching her friends...
...training partner, and I really think that jumping rope has spring-boarded her into a really hard worker,” observed Reed’s roommate and teammate, sophomore Nicole Silva. “She consistently pushes herself to do better, train harder. Jumping is definitely a key source of her motivation...