Word: solidness
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...this cloud of intangibles, the fence is something solid. After years of talking about it, Congress last year put $1.2 billion into the project, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) promptly started hiring posthole diggers. DHS aims to complete more than 650 miles (roughly 1,000 km) of barrier by the end of the year, built in sections by National Guard units and private contractors. That represents only about one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border; on the other hand, the fence clearly delineates, for the first time, a frontier that was previously just a four-strand cattle fence...
...four-time NCAA high jump finalist finished in a three-way tie for 12th. Christensen made easy work of the opening height of 1.74, clearing it on her first attempt. It took her two attempts at the 1.77 mark, but then faced the 1.80-meter bar. Despite three solid attempts, she barely missed the clearance, holding her at 1.77 for a share of the 12th spot. Elizabeth Patterson, a sophomore out of Arizona took first with a clearance of 1.86. —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...that. More and more Evangelicals have broadened their list of priorities to include issues like the environment, the economy and health care. They're as frustrated about the war in Iraq as most Americans. And when they look at the G.O.P. - and especially McCain - they no longer see a solid political home. The fact that many Evangelicals consider the 2008 election a real choice has to give Obama hope...
...free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive,” she said. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation upon which I rebuilt my life...
Surprises, by their nature, come in disguise, masked sometimes as disappointments or detours when they're in fact dreams turning solid, if you'll just step aside and give them some air. It is actually in the official graduation rule book that someone has to quote Emerson to you, so in case everyone else forgets, I would note his instruction to "mount to paradise/ By the stairway of surprise...