Word: thrust
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...trial will thrust the Chief Justice into a unique role at a unique event riddled with contradictions. Rehnquist, one of the leading opponents of allowing TV cameras in the Supreme Court courtroom, will direct a proceeding that will be broadcast on national television coast to coast. And to make matters even more delicate, says McAllister "the Chief, who has made it a practice to run a tight ship at the Supreme Court, will be running a show during which senators can outvote him at any moment on any question of procedure or evidence." It's the opportunity of a lifetime...
Picasso and Einstein--both on the verge of having fame thrust upon their shoulders--are young men as hopeful as they are insecure, in many ways a reflection of our very selves as we too struggle with the dawning of the second millennium. The audience can identify not only with Picasso and Einstein, but with many other quirky characters congregating at the Lapin Agile, that famous Parisian bar which Picasso and Einstein, so we are told, patronized faithfully in their youth...
...genius, so is he (laughter). Yeah, kind of, he is a character who is really trying to cheat death and kind of thrust himself into immortality; really everybody kind of has that desire, and oh, I'm just so scared of death, I want to preserve myself...
...says, changed him, not because of the fame but because of the achievement. "In his everyday life I see a more confident person," she says. "Not just as a player but as a person. Because he was able to manage the stress and overcome it." McGwire's challenge was thrust upon him, not only to deliver with his bat and to withstand the pressure, but to act like a hero for at least one baseball season. If he did it a little stiffly, you have to wonder this: Who would feel natural with 10,000 bulbs flashing as he worked...
...thrust of the whole thing is a judgment on our part that we have not been fairly dealt with," Feinberg said...