Word: sojourns
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...CELTIC SOJOURN...
...sojourn to the East had taught Cohen anything, it was that only she could make herself a winner. "I was always looking for a coach to make me a champion," she said. "But ultimately you have to make it happen." Cohen and Nicks now have more of a collaboration than a coach-student relationship. To toughen her psyche against the crushing pressures of competition, Cohen devours self-help books and inspirational stories of champion athletes. (She recently finished Lance Armstrong's bio.) "Mentally, I'm more prepared," she said. "Physically, I'm stronger. I used to do my long program...
Solomon Jones, the volunteer chauffeur, called up to bring coats for a chilly night. There was no reply. Time on the balcony had turned lethal, which left hanging the last words fixed on a gospel song of refuge. King stood still for once, and his sojourn on earth went blank...
...comeback queen of 2005? Definitely Martha Stewart, who not only parlayed her sojourn in prison into two TV shows but also on her first day of house arrest grabbed some lemons from her greenhouse and told reporters she was looking forward to making hot lemonade. Here's how a few other big names this year made the best of a bad situation...
...strengths. The more that belief strictly cleaves to "what the Bible says," the less will be heard of him. But the moment the believer imagines himself or herself into the biblical story, Joseph explodes back onto the scene. Scripture plain may not spend a sentence describing the Egyptian sojourn, but anyone reconstructing a narrative of the Bible will recognize it as an episode and Joseph as its hero. The same holds true for those extensive yet ill-chronicled Nazareth years...