Word: sinkingly
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...this. I have done nothing wrong." It was another day before the fighter in her took over, and she began to prepare for the challenge. "I knew I would be taking care of a boy who would not be able to reach doorknobs, refrigerator handles, light switches and the sink for years and years. Even now, he uses baby chairs and desks for homework and a stool to reach the bathroom sink...
...believe the inside-the-sophisticated-boardroom perception of somebody fitting into a mold." It is hard to fit George Bush into a mold. The riddle is not merely that he is both unnecessarily nice and improbably tough, but that he can rise to genuine nobility of performance and sink to casual ruthlessness...
Though the latest Lambeth Conference (named after the Archbishop's palace in London) did not sink, there is rough water ahead for the Anglican Communion, with its 60 million believers. Vast cultural differences are straining the customary tolerance within this family of 27 self-governing branches, which span 164 countries. One sign of this diversity was the simultaneous translation of Lambeth sessions into French, Spanish, Japanese and Swahili. Among the current areas of conflict: doctrine, liturgy, ecumenical relations, abortion, divorce, polygamy, homosexuality and violent revolution...
...Puget Sound group has an educational program that teaches area residents everything from the history of the sound to what not to put down the kitchen sink. Controlling pollution is promoted as everyone's task. High school students take water samples, and island dwellers have been trained in what to do if they spot an oil spill. Says Seattle Water-Quality Planner Hubbard: "Bridgetenders are great at calling in with violations. They are up high, and when they see a black scum or a little slick, they let us know about...
After the plane landed, a cabin cleaner heard a muffled cry from a cabinet beneath the sink. There, covered with paper towels, was a newborn girl, umbilical cord still attached. The 8-lb. 9-oz. infant appeared to be suffering from hypothermia but otherwise seemed healthy. After the mother, Christina LoCasto, 24, of Staten Island, N.Y., turned herself in, authorities charged her with child endangerment. The 5-ft. 7-in., 155-lb. woman had not appeared pregnant to flight attendants, and even her husband says he was unaware of her condition...