Word: stirring
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...Horse Whisperer, a romantic yarn in which a Montana cowboy with a mystical gift for communicating with horses has a torrid affair with a British-born magazine editor from New York, caused a stir in publishing and Hollywood circles as soon as the manuscript began circulating last fall. Robert Redford and Disney ponied up $3 million for movie rights; Dell Publishing won North American book rights for $3.15 million; and foreign rights topped $2 million. And that was before Evans had even finished writing the book...
According to Nathaniel A. Malka '98, a veteran council member, the high number of new members is likely to stir things up on the council...
...life of Isak X, the protagonist. During the course of a single day, when he drives across Sweden to receive an award for fifty years of service to the medical profession, he experiences a sort of mid-life crisis 40 years too late. Glimpses of his old haunts stir memories, the presence of his daughter-in-law and several hitchhikers conjure up old associations, and above all, his disturbing dreams indicate his fears and failings...
...signed Sunday evening, just hours before the onset of the Rosh Hoshanah holiday. It won't be easy. Sam Allis reports from Jerusalem that a fractious debate is expected when the Israeli parliament meets Wednesday: "Benjamin Netanyahu, the opposition leader, is very unhappy with the deal and he could stir up a lot of trouble among the conservatives." Worse, Allis says, the Israeli government fears a violent reaction from radicals in both camps. "Hamas is expected to do something really nasty during Rosh Hoshanah, and if that happens you never know how Israeli radicals will retaliate." Under the agreement, Israeli...
...Reporters get stir crazy," Kristof said. "You have to live in a compound. You're guarded 24 hours...