Word: sharpness
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...rescue effort had not stopped, even as it grew more dangerous. Lower Manhattan was a sharp steel forest where volunteers and fire fighters dug around the clock without rest. Doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital told of the fire fighter who had to carry out the decapitated body of his captain. The search dogs were overwhelmed; there was just too much flesh to smell. One emerged with a torn, blackened teddy bear in its mouth. Rescuers found the bodies of airline passengers strapped in their seats, a flight attendant with her hands bound. Doctors at the triage stations grieved that...
...large ball of fire, and felt a wave of heat hit me. Everyone started screaming and crying as they ran away from the Towers. I was trying to run as quickly as I could without tripping in my heels, trying to stay ahead of the sharp pieces of glass or concrete I was convinced were flying right at my back...
...reaction in Providence that day bore sharp contrast to that miles away at the Crimson Sports Grille, which erupted in jubilation as the 10-7 Harvard team discovered it had made the tourney despite losing its last five games of the season...
...sharp decline in stock value comes during a time of turmoil for the nation’s airline industry, which faces profit losses of up to $1 billion, widespread consumer fear, major staff cuts, and a threat of imminent bankruptcy if a federal aid package is not soon passed by congress...
...Tuesday?s attack on the twin flagstaffs of the free market was a catastrophe barely imaginable beforehand. For the most part, Monday?s reaction was a rational response - a sharp selloff in the very stocks that most folks expected...