Word: stewarded
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...together. He's stubborn, hot tempered and a survivor; she's all high spirits and willfulness, and they both know how to find the comic side of those traits, because, starry glamour aside, they are resourceful actors. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage to Stephen (Thomas Gibson), the very steward who is the source of Joseph's troubles, Shannon runs away to America, taking Joseph along as her servant...
...came to be more than three years ago that Lujan was made steward of the nation's natural treasures, overseeing some 440 million acres of precious wilderness, wetlands, parks and open expanses -- one-quarter of the U.S. landmass. By action and inaction, he has already left his imprint upon the American landscape while remaining largely unknown to the public -- a kind of Stealth Secretary. In speeches, Lujan has appealed for "balance" -- his favorite word -- between environmentalism and economic development. "I am not going to let anyone rape the earth," he insists. But in actuality, his policies distinctly tilt toward industry...
...Harry W. Hirtle, shop steward for theGCIU--which represents employees of the Office ofthe University Publisher--said workers there werenot pleased with the results of their contractnegotiations...
...Vermont--Mike Jordan, Wil Tidman, Craig Steward, Frank Shipman, Andy Morse, David Giarusso, Rob Leland, Rob Jamison; Harvard--Paul Faust (2), Mike Porter (2), Mike Agrillo (2), Chip Linehan, Chad Prusmack. A: Vermont--Jordan, Tidman, Shipman; Harvard--Faust, Spencer Rice. S: Vermont--Scott Bevill 13; Harvard--Chris Miller...
Good biographies and histories should capture the life and times of their subjects with the compelling voice of fiction. Although details about the origins of Trott's Hessian family (Hermann von Trott "became steward to a Hessian prince in 1253") may add something to our understanding of Trott's view of himself as a German, MacDonogh has trouble relating them to Trott's place in history. And if they add no compelling understanding of Trott, why provide the reader with such details...