Word: transcender
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...conclusion it appears that the swim team is being judged too harshly. Once last year they lost sight of a battle near to Harvard hearts--beating Princeton. Noting the quick recovery, why should they be flogged for their ability to transcend the league and perform with some degree of success at the national level...
...opposing factions also agree that the grievance process, which began with Skocpol's filing of charges last November, was long, arduous, and wearisome. Maybe so, but it was also beneficial, for it brought to the community's attention several important issues that transcend the Skocpol case alone...
...great moiling confrontation is a testimony of sorts to the energy and health of our democracy. The danger, of course, is that the sum of all these special interests will ultimately transcend the national good, though at this point so many are clamoring, it appears that they all may fail...
...granting of radio and television time to Solidarity. Moreover, promised economic reforms are sure to require more belt tightening, something the rank and file seems ill-disposed to accept. Thus a dangerous potential for new clashes remained. Ultimately, the Poles and their leaders could only hope they might transcend the hazards by cleaving to a bedrock sense of nationalism that has sustained the country through almost two centuries of foreign encroachments. As a Bonn Foreign Ministry expert put it last week, "Whatever their ideological bent, Poles agree fully on one thing: they don't want the Russians...
...perhaps, has the movie: suddenly, it seems like it might transcend the predictable. It even takes on a less serious air. A group of youngsters run up to Royko and toss him something. "We found it! We found it! We found the guy's weiner!" In another scene, the wide of a recently-sucked-in C.P.A. describes his attire: "Brown nylon executive type socks--you know, the kind that go up high so if you cross your legs you can't see flesh." "And," she adds. "An aquamarine t-shirt with the bright red words, 'Need Gas? Eat some beans...