Word: shoulders
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...shared goal with your allies wonderful? Who wouldn't share in the joy of E.U. foreign affairs czar Javier Solana, German Chancellor Angela Merkel or even - yes - President George W. Bush, as they rhapsodize about the way in which the U.S and the leading West European powers have stood shoulder-to-shoulder trying to get Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions? Of course, these negotiations have gone nowhere, because Tehran rejects their very premise. (What nuclear weapons?) No matter: the Bush Administration has, for once, won praise from pundits delighted at the multilateralism now apparently in vogue...
...Deep into the heart of the stay-seated zone, I was tapped on the shoulder and brightly invited to walk the length of the plane, unescorted, with my pack of poop. Which is exactly what I did, much to the wide-eyed horror of my fellow passengers, who clearly envisioned some burly air marshal tackling me in the aisle and diverting our flight to god know what airport for a six-hour FBI interrogation...
...likely to run are Arizona's John Shadegg and Jerry Lewis of California, who has a formidable power base by virtue of his perch as chairman of the Appropriations Committee. As rank-and-file Republicans fight about who will lead them, it will be with an eye over their shoulder to see where the Abramoff investigation is going. Whereas they once had an almost blind faith in the judgment and invincibility of their leaders, "for the first time," says a Republican lawmaker, "members are looking at the whole thing and saying, 'I've gotta start protecting...
...version of her one book, To Kill a Mockingbird. It's her night, but he's spoiling it with obsessive talk about his unfinished book In Cold Blood. She asks him how he liked the film. He rattles on, totally ignoring her. She drops a gentle hand on his shoulder. "If you read this on a page," says Miller, "it's so simple. She hardly says anything. But when you look at what she did, it's the whole movie in a nutshell. There's so much complexity there: from disgust to respect to compassion and understanding. She's wise...
...offer significant benefits. Students can catch up on coursework or travel internationally during the J-Term, free for an entire month from the crush of schoolwork. We are skeptical about the prospects for a J-Term at Harvard, however. First, it would be difficult to get faculty members to shoulder the extra weight of teaching another course. Also, a J-Term would fill no gaps that currently exist among the opportunities that Harvard provides. Cornell touts the small class sizes during its J-Term. Middlebury and Williams showcase the travel opportunities away from sleepy Vermont and western Massachusetts. But Harvard...