Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There's a new store every 15 feet in Central Square, and we have to do our best to stand out," Phelps says...
...This election] certainly shows where the majority of the council members stand in regards to [Council President Lamelle D. Rawlins '99] and her agenda," Seton said...
...feisty spirit of Vesalius has pervaded the history of medical discovery--not the contentiousness, perhaps, but certainly the refusal to accept what is not verifiable by one's own observations and the willingness to stand alone when principle is involved. And always the capacity for hard work has been the glue that holds everything else together, the underlying characteristic that enables all of the other qualities to produce a successful conclusion...
...Nuer are clear on where they stand in the hands-on vs. hands-off debate. Chief Tongwar, one of the area's most respected head chiefs, told a recent council meeting, "Jill is like me. What I think, she knows." Then he added softly, "If you did not come here, Jill, everyone would have died. We have named many of our daughters Jill. Now we will also name our sons Jill." After Chief Tongwar finished speaking, Chief Elizabeth, representing the women in the village of Nhiadhiu, stood up. "No other doctor came to us," she said. "Only...
...first novel since the Pulitzer-prizewinning The Stone Diaries (1995), Carol Shields takes on the burden of eliciting interest in a rather unprepossessing hero. Larry's Party (Viking; 339 pages; $23.95) offers 15 chapters, each of which has the stand-alone feel of a short story, excerpting details from the imagined life of one Larry Weller...