Word: spirit
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...Fossett was declared legally dead on Feb. 15. Fossett was 63 when his single-engine plane disappeared after taking off in Nevada. Billionaire and fellow adventure-buff Richard Branson intends to honor his close friend with a new vessel meant to carry people into space. It will be called Spirit of Steve Fossett...
...We’re concerned with that and we’re hopeful that we can do a better job,” Amaker said. “And then hopefully being at home again we’ll have enough spirit, confidence, and energy that can propel us to get over the hump if we find ourselves in a nip-and-tuck situation—as we anticipate it will...
...dead body beside her, she instinctively wraps her legs and arms around him and rocks him back and forth. Their bodies meld into one another, transcending the line between life and death, as she dances with his limp form. It’s as if her spirit dies at the sight of Romeo, and the knife is just an afterthought. The visceral nature of “Romeo and Juliet,” it turns out, transcends the spoken word and can be effectively expressed through the art of dance. While the dancing often falls subject to the narrative, especially...
...halls would probably decrease if our unfair meal plan were eliminated, the increased quality of food and service should draw back many students tempted by Pinocchio’s, perhaps, or any of its Harvard Square competitors. The high turnout in dining halls today is no testament to House spirit; instead it reflects a system that gives students no real choice. Community is about voluntary, not forced, association—the dining halls should be something students can be proud of, not something they are stuck with. If green-minded students really want to reduce waste and its consequences?...
...same time, she grandly envisions a computerized, microchipped Britain humming smartly into the future. Says an adviser: "She wants to modernize not just the technology but the attitudes of mtain. She would like to see in the United Kingdom the vigorous spirit she ad mires in the United States, that sense of enterprise and imagination...