Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That led to a mob scene at the sideboards as his teammates hugged, although Gretzky didn't seem very emotional. Of course, he'd done this 2,856 times before...
While most do not have Harte's experience or competitive edge--their reasons for running range from fundraising for the Red Cross to following in their parents' foot--steps--they all seem to share his hunger for a challenge...
...would seem as if the Shooting Club, which was founded in 1883, should have a wealth of history. But other than a book of shooting records, the club's history is obscured...
Cynical upperclass students will cry that these campus newcomers are merely naive to the ways of college life, but these students seem to have something which is long lost for most seniors--a healthy sense of wonder, that has grown in their souls and informs and animates their studies. If you examine the facial expression and attitude of your average senior, you may find that spark that they entered with has been snuffed out and has been replaced with blase indifference--in their academic lives, personal relationships and in their reaction to the world around them...
...merely in our academic relationships that many seem to have lost our sense of wonder, but also in our personal lives and romantic relationships. In our interaction with others and the world around us, we too infrequently remember to appreciate what is special and extraordinary in these realms, perhaps because we are dissatisfied with anything less than an unrealizable, theoretical ideal. Romantic pursuits, in their early stages at least, are inherently a realm of uncertainty and exploration, yet we often try hard to mask our vulnerability and instead feign a calm suavity, or play hard to get. In striving...