Word: tree
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...what it symbolizes. Spangling the night sky, the unattainable stars have always invoked reverence and wonder. It was natural for those recording the birth of Christ to associate the event with a star. Even today a star, gleaming over a creche or twinkling from the top of a Christmas tree, remains the emblem of hope. "It is not difficult to understand why a star was chosen as a symbol to mark the birth of Christ," muses Astrophysicist Jesse Greenstein of the California Institute of Technology. "Stars are more mysterious and remote than moon or sun gods. At the time...
...tell you anything, but they make you feel good." Balanchine is talking about the ballet known in Germany as Der Nussknacker, in France as Casse-Noĩsette and throughout the English-speaking world as The Nutcracker. Not even Walt Disney could top it. Right on stage a Christmas tree grows magically to an enormous height. A nutcracker doll springs to life, defends its young mistress, Marie, against an army of huge mice, then turns into a young prince. A white bed, moving under its own power, transports Marie through a wintry forest and into the Land of Sweets. There...
...Panacea. Actually, while they may indeed save some lives, air bags are no panacea for auto safety. They are most effective in frontal crashes taking place at less than 30 m.p.h., such as occur when a car hits a tree or light pole-but most head-on collisions between two cars are much more violent. Air bags are not effective in side swipes, back-end collisions, or multiple jolts (they deflate in a fraction of a second after the initial impact...
White's collections of essays (One Man 's Meat': The Second Tree From the Corner) have proved him a master of belles-lettres. This collection makes him a master of crank letters as well. Many of them may seem too personal to amuse any but White's immediate family. But the author's journalism and classic children's books-Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little-have expanded that family by millions. Moreover, readers of the Letters of E.B. White may be purchasing a textbook at no extra price. In a brief note...
...theological dialogue while October Light is steeped in melodrama. A trap set for Sally by James nearly kills her peacemaking niece. James almost kills himself in his pickup truck while returning from Merton's Hideaway, full of rage and beer. Retrospective suicides begin falling out of the family tree: James' mad Uncle Ira, James' tormented son Richard...