Word: unison
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...done in a suit and tie without looking ridiculous." Certainly, nobody snickers when local architect David Marquardt, 38, drops his briefcase and performs a series of slow, graceful movements. And after finishing the 10th of 16 activities, he declares, "I feel like my body and spirit are in unison...
...wistful speculation about the award's being grabbed by a rocker should not steer clear of the main point. Rock music, the most formidable force in Western popular culture, found a focus and a conscience this year and saved a great many lives. Rock sang, for a while, in unison, and Bob Geldof was choirmaster. --By Jay Cocks. Reported by Cathy Booth/New York
Summers garnered a standing ovation as soon as he was introduced. Administrators and higher-ups on the platform behind him stood up almost in unison, with many in the audience following soon after...
...Digital monitors strapped around their biceps register their blood pressures and heart rates as their tissues absorb L-glutamine-laced protein drinks that taste like the sort of thing computers would drink if computers got thirsty. And though there must be 30 cardio-bots, lifting their sinewy thighs in unison as their StairMasters and treadmills tick off the number of calories they've burned, each one of them seems to exist in his or her own universe, oblivious to the rest...
...When the loudspeakers failed during the Georgian national anthem, the crowd joined to finish the song in unison - a reminder of the square's history for spontaneous democratic action. The Bush team took clear pleasure in the President's glowing reception. They had spent the first three days of the trip fussing with America's more complex relationship with Russia. Before the President's arrival in Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov complained in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the President's visits...