Word: siftings
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...that I'm back I have to sift through the piles and piles of letters that arrived at the Crimson while I was away. You Harvard students have so many problems, so many issues! Where should I start...
...aviation officials sift through the helicopter's wreckage, members of Harvard's sailing team are looking for ways to salvage their upcoming racing season...
...success. ``I'm going to stay here,'' her father said, but Emiko pleaded, ``You can't, father. You must live, for mother's sake!'' Emiko pulled him out of the house seconds before it was engulfed in flames. The photograph was taken the following day, when Emiko returned to sift through the ashes for fragments of bone, all that was left of her mother's body...
...jury ill-equipped to make its way through the complicated financial transactions the case hinged upon. "The net effect on many jurors was panic at their inability to follow the money," writes Adler, who later interviewed the jurors. Unable to sift the complex evidence, they fell back on sheer sympathy for Imelda, who courted it with gusto. Dressed in black, clutching her rosaries, she could be seen at the defense table wiping back tears. Acquitted, Imelda threw a thank-you party for the jurors with roast pig and a belly dancer. She sang Feelings...
Daniels concluded his speech by hailing "ourability to sift through" the glut of informationas "absolutely vital...