Word: spiraling
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...carrying, we think he was part of a terrorist cell and that it was a well-organized attack." In either case, it is doubtful that Israel will let these killings go unpunished, which will have the consequence of sending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into yet another downward spiral. Both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert condemned the seminary massacre. To avoid riots in Jerusalem, police have banned all Muslim worshippers under the age of 45 from attending the Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount...
...Millhauser’s descriptive meticulousness—a meticulousness that haunts the rest of his stories, without quite managing to be fully polished into brilliance.The first chapter, entitled “Vanishing Acts,” deals in disappearances under some form or another. Odd and mysterious women spiral towards their disappearance with inevitable momentum as a whimsical voice looks back onto the summers of his adolescence. Clara Schuler, a shy and standoffish teenage girl, gains short-lived popularity in the eponymous “Dangerous Laughter.” She is gifted at hysterical laughter, a talent appreciated...
...York callboy whom Mitchell orders to his hotel room in a drunken stupor. As Mitchell and Alex become increasingly involved in their affair, Ellen (Angie Jepson), Alex’s catty girlfriend, and Diane (Maureen Keiller), Mitchell’s agent, become entangled in the events, which begin to spiral out control under the press’ watchful eye. Certainly, when Beane wants laughs, he is capable of conjuring them. His greatest creation is Diane. Acid-tongued and relentless, she is single-mindedly driven to purchase the rights for a play in which Mitchell will (heroically) portray...
...York callboy whom Mitchell orders to his hotel room in a drunken stupor. As Mitchell and Alex become increasingly involved in their affair, Ellen (Angie Jepson), Alex’s catty girlfriend, and Diane (Maureen Keiller), Mitchell’s agent, become entangled in the events, which begin to spiral out control under the press’ watchful eye. Certainly, when Beane wants laughs, he is capable of conjuring them. His greatest creation is Diane. Acid-tongued and relentless, she is single-mindedly driven to purchase the rights for a play in which Mitchell will (heroically) portray...
...designs all include the euro logo in some form: one of them features a stylized spiral, suggesting Europe's growth; another shows ten stars holding hands; a third depicts a stick man holding the euro logo, representing, according to the website, "the long history of trade, from pre-historic barter...