Word: thrust
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...Number one, there have been many, many times in our nation's history when the Vice President has suddenly been thrust into the presidency owing to an unanticipated death or tragedy. Secondly, Bill Clinton and I have a shared understanding of what the words partnership and teamwork are all about...
...could have guessed then that, in the century just dawning, new ideas would burst upon the world with a force and frequency that would turn this stately march of progress into a long-distance, free-for-all sprint. Thrust into this race, the children of the 20th century would witness more change in their daily existence and environment than anyone else who had ever walked the planet...
Many of the techniques and steps of the process that you would use in a job search at home are equally useful in the overseas job quest. Information gathering - talking, reading and writing - is the way to get started. The thrust of all this activity should be directed to creating a network of contacts that will eventually lead to a job. Unless there is a booming, hungry employment market in the place you are going, you have to be a pretty good salesperson to convince an employer why they should hire an American student. Employers offering temporary jobs, in whatever...
...hunks are sent on dates successively with the same three women, then appear on the show to guess which ones made various comments about them. The remarks are suggestive sound bites like "He gasped in amazement when I slurped down that beef" or "A few sparks, a big thrust and his mighty rocket started to rise." The real meaning, however, is usually banal; the comments, no matter how innocent (the beef was filet mignon; the rocket, fireworks on the beach), have been reprocessed by the show's writers for maximum double-entendre effect...
THEORIZING THE THEORIST. Watching Errol Morris' brilliant film, one begins to perceive a powerful analogy between Hawkings condition and the thrust of % his thought. His disease seems to have affected him much as loss of energy affects a failing star. The bright and unfocused young man described in the film by witnesses to his early days has in effect collapsed in upon himself, his spirit concentrating on the one small area of his body that continues to function perfectly -- his brain. His thought has achieved a remarkable density, and he has become a singularity almost as unimaginable as the astrophysical...