Word: scamper
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...would seem to be facing a rocky path across the current jazz terrain. But she can sing--really sing. Situating her gospel-tinted voice in a propulsive rhythmic groove, she proceeds to bend the blues, rehabilitate some standards (by Simon and Garfunkel as well as by Duke Ellington) and scamper through a couple of her own intriguing compositions. Simply Natural may fall an inch short of her spectacular last CD, Dem Bones, but that's no insult. Cook can cook. --By Daniel Okrent
...ball to start the game and scored on its first three possessions. The Bears used a controlled passing attack and running back Joe Rackley to move down the field on its first possession, chewing up eight minutes on the drive, which was punctuated by a three-yard touchdown scamper by tailback Tristan Murray...
...violence of 1999, but now alive with children seemingly in competition with the Thais for claim to the title "The Land of Smiles." Poor though they may be?indeed, East Timor is now officially the poorest country in Asia?most seem to have generosity in their genes. Boys scamper up palm trees to collect coconuts and offer them gratis to parched visitors traveling along the trail. Then again, it may be a clever sales ploy: once stopped it's not long before you're offered a liter bottle of fermented palm wine for a dollar, with a kick to match...
WASHINGTON—I came to Washington to be a press intern and learn life’s lessons, to stride or at least scamper meekly through the Corridors of Power, to see and understand how things get done in America, and, though I would certainly wield no power, to at least get close enough to be warmed by its glow. Well…as it turns out I spent much more time operating the Copy Machines of Power than striding through the corridors thereof, but I was definitely warm. I cannot get over how hot this place is. It?...
...bias, of course). One blockmate is the captain of the wrestling team and an Olympic hopeful; another was a rowing standout. My two roommates are a star on the women’s lacrosse team and a varsity basketball player. Cumulatively I have spent many, many hours trying to scamper across that precarious crosswalk at the intersection of JFK Street and Memorial Drive in order to watch them excel at their respective sports...