Word: towards
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...rusty. Such a thing is commonplace in New York, but Harvard men are almost outrageously tame and generally keep ribaldry to a tolerable level.) I couldn't imagine who would say such a thing or who might be on the receiving end of the comment. My head turned toward the sound. A further comment greeted me as I realized he was talking to me: "I want to eat you!" the stranger enthusiastically continued. That was enough. My feet flew in the direction of the nearest door of the K-school...
...delighted to see the Lippers' funds being put to such immediate good use in the Medical School, and I know that we shall work together in the future toward other needs and opportunities," he added...
...didn't say it that way, of course. Instead she writes in the second paragraph, "[I]f the President had behaved with comparable insensitivity toward environmentalists, and at the same time remained their most crucial champion and bulwark against an anti-environmental Congress, would they be expected to desert him? I don't think...
...panic," said an insider who watched the mobilization. "They just took a deep breath and said, 'Here we go again.'" In the morning the White House sprang its trap. By unleashing a packet of letters and phone records, gifts and invitations from Willey, it went a long way toward clouding her image as a woman mistreated by a rogue President. That evening lawyer Bob Bennett publicized her efforts to snag a fat book contract. Two days later, by coincidence, Willey's onetime friend Julie Steele released her affidavit painting Willey as a liar. Within 48 hours the President was enjoying...
...says Collins, is a powerful storm. Its winds blow across the surface of the ocean, creating little wavelets that grow into larger and larger waves. Eventually, a swarm of waves four or more feet high may sweep out from a storm in the far-western Pacific, say, and head toward the coast of North America. The trouble is, not all 4-ft. waves are created equal. One may turn into a wimpy 4-ft. breaker when it nears the shore, while another may shoot up to a height of 15 or more feet...