Word: swarm
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Dawkins and his army have a swarm of articulate theological opponents, of course. But the most ardent of these don't really care very much about science, and an argument in which one party stands immovable on Scripture and the other immobile on the periodic table doesn't get anyone very far. Most Americans occupy the middle ground: we want it all. We want to cheer on science's strides and still humble ourselves on the Sabbath. We want access to both MRIs and miracles. We want debates about issues like stem cells without conceding that the positions...
...swarm of officers and University administrators descended upon the scene, cordoning off the courtyard’s entrance at the corner of DeWolfe and Grant streets. As sirens wailed and curious students looked on, Leverett Masters Ann and Howard Georgi, Associate Dean of Harvard College Judith H. Kidd, Associate Dean of Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson, and HUPD Chief Francis D. “Bud” Riley congregated Francis D. “Bud” Riley congregated beside the yellow caution tape...
...Republicans - a depressed economy and dissatisfaction with the Iraq war made the Kerry campaign hopeful they could put Ohio in the win column. More than hopeful, really. "Look at the advantages that my party had," says Democratic consultant Paul Begala, a Kerry adviser who's just one of the swarm of pundits interviewed by the filmmakers. "We had a soft economy, we had a very unpopular President...we had an unpopular occupation...and we had a candidate who had a terrific record of personal heroism in combat." Republicans saw the exact same problems. Chief Republican campaign strategist Matthew Dowd recounts...
...second week of September the sunny summer spirit was fading. Telecom's announcement that it was splitting its fixed-line and mobile phone sectors - which could result in the sale of the latter - left investors cold. Two days later, a visibly incensed Prodi declared to a swarm of television cameras that Tronchetti Provera had kept him out of the loop about any planned sell-offs. The would-be statesman of Lebanon sounded like he could barely run his own country. But the center-left leader's tone-deaf display was just the beginning of trouble. In the two weeks since...
...hamlet of Chappaqua in New York's affluent Westchester County, people have never become jaded about their most famous neighbors, Bill and Hillary Clinton. Well-wishers swarm them after the parade on Memorial Day: dozens of people jostling on the neat lawn by Chappaqua's train station, shaking hands, taking pictures, posing enthusiastic questions about world affairs. "We're not really royal-watchers," says a sheepish Chappaqua resident, Mike Bass, once he's done snapping photos. But, sure, it is exciting, he says. "How many former Presidents are there? And how many are still alive, and how many are still...