Word: shell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only connect... And how far as Michael Byers willing to go in order to connect? Certainly a long way. As an effective fiction writer, he steps out of his author's shell to don the simple attire of his characters, living each narrative convincingly enough for us to believe that Andie, Martin, Rosie, Alvin, Janine and Louise are all inside us, desperately longing for just an opportunity to connect...
...cost of the discounted Internet hookups, the intended beneficiaries of the e-rate program are told to wait to hear if their applications for funding have been approved. This program comes at too high a price. It's time for Congress to pull the plug on the FCC's shell game. FAYE M. ANDERSON, President Douglass Policy Institute Washington...
...made by police in other states but did little to convince black drivers in Maryland and elsewhere. Profiling--a police practice of viewing certain characteristics as indicators of criminal behavior--is common across the U.S. But authorities uniformly deny that race is one of the characteristics. "It's a shell game," says Bill Mertens, lead outside counsel for the A.C.L.U. in the case against Maryland. "Police use profiling sloppily and rely on racial characteristics in totally illegal ways...
...better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will." Our lives are real, and we have the potential for effecting change through our actions. Living shackled by memory or in fear of complexity sucks the essence out of life, leaving us with an empty shell (albeit it a nuanced one) but not much substance...
...that when he asked about the marriage earlier this month, Hartman told him: "It's as good as it's been. It's working fine." "He was in therapy," Small said. "He was enjoying it and getting value out of it. He was more communicative, coming out of his shell...