Word: seesawing
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What makes Sendak's book so compelling is its grounding effect: Max has a tantrum and in a flight of fancy visits his wild side, but he is pulled back by a belief in parental love to a supper "still hot," balancing the seesaw of fear and comfort. In expanding the story, Jonze (with co-writer Dave Eggers) invents just enough of Max's home life to convey the forces behind his disobedience. The parents of 9-year-old Max (played by Max Records, whose name and performance suggest he was born for this role) have split...
...personal freedoms and economic growth in the 1980s, punctuated by periodic countercampaigns launched by neo-Maoists in the leadership. One could literally feel and see Chinese society come alive after its long Maoist trauma, only to have people quickly recoil when the conservatives in the leadership reasserted themselves. This seesaw pattern persisted throughout the decade, culminating in the dramatic Tiananmen demonstrations and their suppression in June...
...feminists—first wave, second wave, lipstick, or stiletto—ostensibly aspire to: that women can live as their true selves, unconstrained by inequitable societal demands. As First Lady, it appears as though Mrs. Obama will exhibit all of the aforementioned dualities, at once. She need not seesaw between being a stateswoman and a mother, habitué of the haute monde and a J. Crewian everywoman. She is not all of those women, she is simply one woman, with many facets.In a 2004 speech, then-Senator Obama declared that we must, “eradicate the slander that...
...first pass, that might not make a whole lot of sense. If homeownership is on the decline, shouldn't apartment buildings be swamped with interest? As it turns out, those two things don't neatly seesaw. The demand for apartment rentals is largely linked to employment. When people - especially young adults, who are prone to rent - don't have jobs, they're more likely to stay with family or find a roommate instead of renting a place of their own. Plus, in the wake of escalating home foreclosures, condos not selling and investor properties sitting unflipped, there are units from...
...kills. Harvard took the lead early in the first two games. In game one, the Crimson used two Weintraub aces to jump to a 4-1 lead and never looked back on the way to a 30-25 victory. Kuld recorded a pair of kills to close out the seesaw second game, which had been tied 28-28 after Stevens battled back from a 13-8 deficit and featured six lead changes and 18 ties. The Ducks were aided by 11 Crimson errors in the second stanza, a match high. In the third game, the Ducks grabbed the early lead...