Word: vocalized
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Informed conciliators have recently become more vocal. Stanford University biologist Joan Roughgarden has just come out with Evolution and Christian Faith, which provides what she calls a "strong Christian defense" of evolutionary biology, illustrating the discipline's major concepts with biblical passages. Entomologist Edward O. Wilson, a famous skeptic of standard faith, has written The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, urging believers and non-believers to unite over conservation. But foremost of those arguing for common ground is Francis Collins...
...lives in a small house in Connecticut that when I visit is covered with unusually elaborate Halloween decorations. Chast has a husband, two children--one of whom is picking a banjo upstairs--and two very vocal parrots that say things like "Waffles!" and "Look, damn it!" and, for some reason, "What a big toast!" For 28 years, she has sent half a dozen ideas to the New Yorker every Tuesday and then waited to see which would be accepted. True to her characters, she gets very anxious about it. "It does not get any easier. At all. It's horrible...
...against Dartmouth. He went 9-for-13 with 121 yards and a touchdown, and his performance—while not exactly an offensive explosion—was mistake-free.“Liam brings so much to our offense,” Dawson said. “He brings vocal leadership, which we missed. The things he can do out of the pocket are really exciting. The potential for a big play is always there with him; it definitely keeps everyone on their toes.”The Crimson offense, first in the Ivy League in scoring at 31 points...
...ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shea'rim, police clashed over three consecutive nights this week with curly-forelocked youths who burned tires and hurled eggs and tomatoes. One officer said he was stunned "by the level of hatred" he saw in these clashes against Israel's small but vocal gay and lesbian community. Israel's Supreme Court has approved the parade, but the city's police could still call it off for the sake of public safety...
...compact rhymes play to her strengths by letting her vocal percussiveness step forward. On “Random 2,” Sov fires off “Gimme jus’ a minute and I’ll be in your vicinity / My words hurt you just like losin’ your virginity.” Nice line, maybe even good enough to absolve her from already having dropped it in the original “Random” a year...