Word: thrust
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...contrast, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal and the late Truman Capote thrust their work and themselves into the world of commerce, celebrity, hostility and jealousy. "Envy, envy, envy!" cries Capote. "The people simply cannot endure success over too long a period of time. It has to be destroyed." Not since Benvenuto Cellini has there been a major talent with such a courtier's view of his art. His social timing and instinct for wounding gossip were displayed in published sections of his controversial work in progress, Answered Prayers. He refers to it as his "big ace up my sleeve," though...
While the CUE changes are complicated, the thrust of the proposal is to simplify the current labyrinthian requirements, mostly by taking all of a students courses into account, not just the two thirds of non-departmental courses now under consideration. They also toughen the honors rules in a number of other ways...
...Thrust among them is a fictional couple, both, fittingly enough, students of social anthropology. Allan Archibald, a moneyed North Shore Wasp, witnesses the murder of the reporter and on a bet undertakes to write a scholarly paper about the Chicago underworld. Irena Giron, a brilliant but unworldly girl from the Polish ghetto "back of the yards," catastrophically encourages Allan to learn more about the style and ferocity of the syndicate. Organized Crimes is part political satire, part informal history, part rumination on the Depression, part love story between the rich boy poor in spirit and the poor girl rich...
...perhaps no one has shown more confidence than Anna Collins. The junior co-captain, thrust into an early leadership role because of an injury to senior Co-Captain Wendy Joseph, has been nothing short of spectacular...
Gardner then slowed the rotation and, much as in the first retrieval, maneuvered the stray toward the arm. There, in a foot restraint, Allen waited to grab the antenna on Westar with his right hand, while his left gripped the antenna support. Gardner cut loose, thrust over to the bay, stored his pack and tethered himself to the cargo bay. Meantime, Fisher gingerly began to reel in Allen and the satellite until Gardner could reach up to remove the stinger. He could then proceed directly to the remaining berthing steps. The only newly tricky part was in keeping the second...