Word: shadowing
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...rights, be blessed with so enduring a structure as the Icehouse. But then the Icehouse is no ordinary structure. With 1.2-m-thick walls and access through a 20-m-long tunnel, it's more of a bunker?shouldering wars and revolutions, building booms and bulldozers. Lying in the shadow of the Forbidden City, the Icehouse, tel: (86-10) 6522 1389, is today the Chinese capital's best jazz and blues bar. But it gets its name from the fact that it held ice for the imperial family's exclusive use during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Every winter...
...Scott says she draws inspiration for her books from “pretty much anywhere and anything.” Anne Fausto-Sterling’s essay “The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough” galvanized Scott to write “Shadow Man,” of which the premise is that there are human beings who have mutated into seven sexes. One of the planets in the book only recognizes the male and female sexes. Scott says she identifies with all of her characters—sometimes in ways she doesn?...
...were able to contribute to the ultimate sense of outrage that ended the witch hunts,” Rosenthal says. “I know that many of us were drawn to journalism for the thrill of public service in taking on demagogues in a time when a shadow had come over the country.”This dedication to public service is evident in Rosenthal’s career. After a stint at The Oregonian as a news and sports reporter, he became a speechwriter and special assistant to Robert F. Kennedy in 1961, and then later a press...
...FEEL THAT WAY? I THINK THAT'S GENUINELY HOW YOU FEEL. I don't buy into doom scenarios. I've lived through all that, living under the shadow of the A-bomb and the H-bomb, without getting discouraged or hopeless or frantic. It might just be a kind of mindless optimism, sort of more genetic than thought controlled. I do tend to trust this country to come up with the right answers eventually. And I tend to trust the people in government, even though I didn't vote for them. So in that way, I'm not a pessimist...
...spirits. He says he won't leave his own home, even though it's just 6 km from the summit: "If I do, I would not be guarding the mountain I have promised to guard. I would not be doing my duty." For the villagers living in Merapi's shadow, science has yet to supplant their faith in the power of their mountain...