Word: unfold
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...Dear Hawthornius,” Longfellow wrote, “not the comet himself can unfold a more glorious tail...
...Kevin and I actually watch a bit of baseball but, due to circumstances soon to unfold, I will never be able to recall what occurs. I will remember a foul ball: It comes back directly above the netting, rebounds off the brick facing of the press box and is heading at the back of a little girl's head when her father deftly nonchalants it. He hands her the ball and she accepts it unassumingly. I catch the guy's eye and give an expression that says, "Nice play." He smiles and nods...
Therein lies a tale that is legend to those who watched it unfold. On April 12, 1964, George W. Bush, in an appearance before the school assembly, staged a campy takeover of the school's intramural stickball league, declaring himself high commissioner and installing various classmates as flunkies. He went on to outline the rules, the schedule and the venues (wryly named after various parts of the female anatomy) and, according to Bannon, concluded his speech with a pledge to issue membership cards that, he assured his deeply amused audience, could double as fake IDs. True to his word, soon...
...eagerly awaited British election finally kicked off last week. Yes, we had one already earlier this month, a real barnburner: it so absorbed the public that 40% of Britons forgot to vote. Good thing it was only a warmup act. The main event will unfold over the next few weeks, as the Conservative Party selects a new leader to replace the hapless William Hague. It should make for great entertainment. The frontrunner, Michael Portillo, has shed his reputation as a right-wing rabble-rouser to become the soothing, centrist voice of Tory moderation. "Our party has to appeal...
...council's Feb. 25 meeting, during which the council voted not to recommend that the University censure Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield `53 for comments about black students' link to grade inflation, saw a fiery ideological debate unfold within the council--one that Gusmorino was hard-pressed to mitigate...