Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...touched the lives of thousands with her spirit of inquiry," said William J. Pally, a colleague at the center. "She was the most genuinely curious and open-minded of people...
Kent's music is often marked by melancholy, like Radiohead or The Cure, but they played with such spirit as to make it equally life-affirming. The epic seven-minute-and-forty-seven-second "747" was a fitting song to close on. Markus Mustonen, the drummer, began the song by quietly patting away with brushes; by the end, he was driving an urgent rhythm with drumsticks. Sami Sirvio, the lead guitarist, broke a string about five minutes into "747," but his relentless playing never skipped a beat...
...same spirit of wanting the adventure and making a difference. There's a tremendous parallel between the Peace Corps and Americorps...
...ancient Olympic games fell into disrepute and were eventually discontinued due to growing professionalism and an emphasis on entertainment, not competition, that began to undermine the spirit of the games. The root cause of the scandal surrounding the modern Olympic movement may be an inability of the Olympics--and perhaps sport in general--to maintain its integrity in the big-money world of billion-dollar television contracts and sponsorship rights...
...front of a minister yet, but we will be soon," says Hill. "Our marriage right now is more a spiritual one.") As part of the extended Marley clan, she was allowed to record in the studio in the Bob Marley Museum. She says she could feel Marley's spirit as soon as she arrived. The first day there she wrote Lost Ones. As she began to rap, the various young Marley grandchildren who happened to be wandering around that day joined in, chanting the last word of every line. Everyone could feel the energy...