Word: round
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...cool appraisal, feature for feature, she doesn't match up to Hepburn. (Who in the world could?) She has the round, puddingy face of a young Angela Lansbury or Joan Plowright. Your eyes are drawn to the deep dimple that, when she laughs, runs up her left cheek like a sweet scar; and your ears to her rich cello voice, so mature and supple an instrument for someone who's played girls on the cusp of womanhood since her movie debut as Keira Knightley's sister Kitty in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice...
...Chilean government has designed a particularly thoughtful program. The fellowships cover round-trip airfares, tuition, a monthly living allowance, insurance, and an additional yearly allowance for books and pertinent materials. The fellowship provides a monthly allowance for a spouse and for each child as well as for the costs of first moving to the Boston area. Most importantly, the Chilean government will also provide English-language training in Chile to prepare students for their study abroad. Bright, hard-working Chilean students from poorer families may lack sufficient competence in English; language instruction is designed to increase the likelihood of more...
...previous years, the Taliban would scale down their attacks because of winter blizzards, but a NATO logistics officer says the militants now have the capacity to launch ambushes on supply routes year round. The Taliban are also widening the scope of their attacks so that convoys rumbling across two-thirds of the country are now prey to attack, usually by roadside bombs or a well-laid ambush in which rocket-propelled grenades are fired at the lead vehicle, forcing the convoy to a deadly standstill...
...field. Richardson and sophomores Kailyn Kuzmuk and Nicole Cochran took an early lead as a pack and cruised to a finish in the top three spots, with Richardson’s 17:42.34 leading the way. As sophomore Jeanne Mack, Olson, and junior Eliza Ives crossed the line to round out the first six scorers, it became clear how dominant a full-strength Crimson team...
...While both leaders are expressing confidence that they will manage to get a bill out of their respective chambers, that is only the first round. Then comes a conference committee, and a struggle within the Democratic Party over the Senate bill and what is certain to be a more liberal version passed by the House. That's the point, all sides agree, where they will be looking to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue for guidance. Barack Obama will no longer be able to stand on the sidelines and will have to declare his own position on many...