Word: stirringly
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...chilly predawn darkness blankets the small cowboy camp called Twin Buttes, a cedar-covered knoll in the high desert of northwest Arizona. Another day of the fall roundup at the Double O Ranch begins as six sleepy cowpunchers stir from their bedrolls and head for the campfire's warm glow. Beyond the flames is the covered cook wagon, sides of beef hanging outside and a bag of flour sitting within. After wolfing down biscuits, meat and gravy, the six men pull on their chaps and walk slowly to the corral to saddle the horses and head...
...feelings. In numerous interviews for this story, participants new to China prefaced their remarks by saying, "I don't want to offend the Chinese, so don't print this." Off-the-record remarks are a feature of reporting, but they're usually red-hot and racy, like a Sichuan stir...
...culminates in Scott’s own hastily constructed seminar, in which workers are given ethnic identities (attached to their foreheads on notecards) and asked to treat each other accordingly. “Stir the melting pot!” Scott yells, before welcoming an Indian co-worker to “my convenience store. Do you want a coo-ookie?” He summarily gets slapped...
...relations and for a President who has shown great skill in the use of symbolic gestures, the task should have been fairly routine. Instead, a series of staff miscues and a lack of sensitivity by the President not only cast a pall over his German trip, they managed to stir up all the old wartime passions that Reagan had hoped to put to rest. As the furor over the Bitburg cemetery visit escalated for more than a week, he seemed unable to understand the emotions that he had aroused and, instead of recovering, slid more deeply into controversy...
...U.S.F.L., however, may not survive that long. Pounded by poor attendance and low TV ratings, the league has lost more than $150 million in three years, and the number of teams has dwindled from 18 to an expected twelve next season. The league hopes to stir fan interest by playing in the fall next year. Says U.S.F.L. Commissioner Harry Usher: "Those preparing our obituary are a bit premature...