Word: unison
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...partnership created in uniting to survive this crisis would likely increase social capital and improve relations between Eastern and Western Europeans. When the newly accepted Eastern European countries first joined the EU, Western Europeans initially reacted with hostility to the wave of immigrants that entered their society. Persistent unison and a shared economic venture may well reduce such antagonism...
...women’s water polo team—a group that deals with conflict in the pool on a regular basis—there will be no tension come blocking day. Sitting around a dining hall table in Eliot House, the six girls shake their head in unison at the possibility of blocking together.“We don’t want to add roommate drama to the team dynamic,” mentions Monica Zdrojewski, who has 14 goals on the year.“I’d say we already spend a big chunk...
...came in for the landing, I looked out the windows and remember seeing the buildings in New Jersey, the cliffs in Weehawken, and then the piers. The water was dark green and sure to be freezing cold. The stewardesses were yelling in unison "Brace! Brace! Brace...
...Organizing this unlikely choir is Chreanne Montgomery-Smith, who runs support groups for the Newbury branch of Britain's Alzheimer's Society. On cue, the 40 or so Alzheimer's and dementia patients join hands and begin singing in unison - a tentative rendition of Amazing Grace. They remember most of the words and their chorus fills the hall. Montgomery-Smith is certain that the music helps bring her patients' thoughts - ravaged by dissonance and dislocation - into harmony. (Read how secondhand smoke has been linked to dementia...
Overall, there's some good stuff in here: smile, mentor someone, drive slower, conserve gas. Steer clear of the last 20 seconds, though. Fifty celebrities pledging in unison to serve our new President from an elaborate Brady Bunch grid is creepy. A little cultish even...