Word: savioring
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...darkness that allowed the gunman to commit his crime unobserved proved Lees' savior. She was able to lie undiscovered in the thorny scrub as the man searched for her with a torch and a dog. Now the hunter is the hunted: more than 100 police, of a Northern Territory force of fewer than 1,000, are searching for the gunman, but the area they must cover?a million sq. km?is daunting. "We're looking for a needle in a haystack," says Commander Fields, "and you don't get a haystack much bigger than the Northern Territory...
...Megawati may see herself as the nation's reluctant savior. The 54-year-old matriarch was pressed into politics at age 40 by opponents of the dictatorship who hoped to use the Sukarno mythology to rally support. And it worked. In 1999, when Indonesians had their first opportunity to vote for a successor to the ousted Suharto, Megawati won a plurality of the vote. And that despite the fact that she has few visible talents as a politician. She seldom speaks in public and rarely discusses anything approximating policy; and the fact that she allowed herself to be outmaneuvered...
Credited as the engineer of former President Bill Clinton’s economic vision for America and the savior of the world’s financial stability on two occasions, Robert E. Rubin ’60 returns to Harvard today to address the 350th Commencement...
...Delveccio and Karamchandani’s program meant more than a sex change—and a lot more curves. Their improved shuttle savior had tons of techno-savvy...
...Could he prove Congo's savior? His father promised much but dragged the country further into despair. Joseph Kabila, whose tendency to platitude may indicate a lack of acuity or, perhaps, an awareness that he still has much to learn, says becoming President is a sacrifice he is happy to make. He pauses before hinting at a most un-African notion: that being President is not a job for life. "After some time, maybe I'll leave office, and I'll have enough time to go and do other things," he says. Then, perhaps, he will have the time...