Word: sharpness
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...jackknife. I opened him up again with an openhanded slap that left a blush across his mouth that was going to stay for a while." Mike unholsters his .45 and "just for effect I stuck it up against his forehead and thumbed back the hammer. It made a sharp click in the silence...
...change of pace, and a desire to get away from the incessant worries over the Westerners' evacuation plans (relax folks, you'll get out), I went up into the hills above Beirut Thursday, into the Christian enclaves where small shrines to Mary mark the sharp switchbacks in the roads leading up into the cedar and pines...
...cameraman tries to coax some action out the unwilling documentary subject, who refuses: "I'm not supposed to talk to the media," he says. You can hear the insult's sting in the cameraman's shouted protest: "I'm not the media! I'm not the media!" The sharp denial reflects a key collateral campaign in the Iraq war: to keep soldiers strictly on message...
Introduced to make polyurethane foam boards more rigid, the stringer (usually made of wood) has migrated to other parts of the board and to other materials. Full or tapered, sharp or rounded, rails (where the deck meets the bottom) are also taking a turn--for a better one on waves...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In the summer, as throughout the year, the nation’s capital exudes power. The buildings are majestic, the monuments imposing, and legions of men and women in crisp suits and sharp ties walk hurriedly from one meeting to another. In their presence, you can’t help but feel inspired and proud—inspired by your own importance, for surely you must be important to work here, and proud to be a part of the most successful democracy.But as you ride to work every morning humming the ‘West...