Word: summons
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...fussy or petulant or spoiled. Though he lives across the country from me, I receive regular updates and photos, and he likes all the things that boys his age want to play with. Shopping for him should be easy, but I find it hard to summon up any enthusiasm, because in all the years I've given him presents, he has never once sent me a thank-you note...
...Temple, housed in a funky third-story loft in lower Manhattan, Yan Ming instructs nearly 500 students in Buddhism and kung fu from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. Eyes blazing, arms akimbo, voice roaring?picture Yul Brenner in The King and I?he exhorts his students to summon "more qi" and "train harder." "Occasionally" he admits, "I still forget that American students are different from Chinese. In China I could tell a kid to stand in the corner for two hours and he'd just do it. Here people have to trust...
...retrospective offers an incomparable opportunity to take stock of this often overlooked and misunderstood figure, long admired by the art world but demonized by the general public. Mention Ono and you inevitably summon up two popular misconceptions: first, that she single-handedly disbanded the Beatles, and second, that her artistic celebrity was purely by association. As the MIT exhibit suggests, both statements are patently false. While Ono and Lennon’s infamous “Bed-In,” in which the newlyweds occupied hotel rooms to protest the Vietnam War, attracted media attention solely through Lennon?...
...bodily neccessities that occupy a small part of everyone’s day, one is pleasantly surprised to reach for the iron cast toilet paper holder, aside which sits a feature we all have dreamed of: “the buzzer”. This doorbell-like utility used to summon thy man servant eliminates the fear that at some point we may need to knock on the stall next to us and utter those prolific words, “Do you have a square to spare?” And yet, the toilet is just one of the many jewels...
...from Air Force One that day. He had made it again during a video conference with advisers, and during conversations with lawmakers. He returned to the theme so often, in fact, that he seemed to be trying to reassure himself--repeating the words over and over again to help summon the strength he needed so badly...