Word: shaping
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...this is only the beginning of the project, as volunteers plan to spend three more weekends this semester and four next fall working in Dorchester at the Arrowhead site, named after its triangular shape...
...shape comes into focus first: a little black clover. Clubs. The number’s incidental. Side-betting continues, I don’t pay attention. This one’s mine. “Well fellas, almost a royal flush!” is on the tip of my tongue...
...pressure to beat Columbia is already great, and if we lose to Cornell, it would get even worse," Ingard said. "But if we stay cool and win, we'll be in top shape for Columbia...
...aisle apparently do, that we can achieve success by turning the military task over to NATO or by relying on the U.N. to fashion an Iraqi government. But NATO is not going to supply many troops in continuing hostilities. As for the U.N., its capacity at this juncture to shape the political future of Iraq is equally dubious. It has had a checkered history in Iraq, and the Iraqi parties struggling for power are not overly concerned about any international legitimacy the U.N. might confer...
...popular modern-day variation: planned, scheduled operations for all sorts of less-than-critical reasons. One young college student arranged her baby's birth to avoid conflict with her final exams. Another woman was convinced a C-section would ensure that her child's head had a nice round shape. Others are terrified of labor pains and complicated deliveries or want to avoid the wear and tear on their bodies. Some, as the British tabloids have put it, are simply "too posh to push...