Word: toe
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...Mugabe had been drilled in socialism and communism, and people thought he would toe the Marxist line. But when he took power, he respected what was there. He included other people in his government and he respected agriculture and the farms as the backbone of the economy...
That a significant number of Republicans might now be willing to stand with Democrats toe to toe against their own President reflects not only the impatience of their constituents to see progress in Iraq but also a political reality that Bush will be facing again and again as he tries to rally G.O.P. lawmakers in the final years of his presidency. "They have a different view than he does," says a Republican strategist. "They're thinking beyond...
...What Tim had, at least by his history, was a true classic - a common problem. His physical exam was also classic - tender at a certain spot on the inside of the calf, pain here when he tried to stand on tip toe. It's called "tennis leg" because it often happens on the tennis court; it feels like you just got hit with a ball. In the days before MRI we thought it was caused by rupture of an unimportant little muscle in the leg called the plantaris. Now we know it's actually a small tear of a part...
...formal Fluxus community in order to find points of convergence between the two. Proctor notes the irony of placing the exhibit in Harvard’s Busch-Reisinger Museum since Fluxus rejected formalized borders and specifically the notion of museums as institutions. “You have to toe the line between presenting the work and making sure it stays alive for subsequent generations, while making sure it doesn’t become art with a capital ‘A’ that it didn’t want to turn into,” says Proctor. The motivations...
...usually about three minutes into my walk, I am tempted to think of this condition as incurable. But truly learned Harvardians must never give up on those unluckier than us. The next time a Cambridge driver gestures monodigitally at you or runs over your toe, smile and wave. They might slow down to gawk at you just enough to get under the speed limit. What a difference you can make...