Word: wanderer
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...only natural that a country founded by pilgrims would never LET ITS politics wander far from its faith. As voters weigh the faith-based presidency of George W. Bush, they should note that his is hardly the first of its kind. George Washington ad-libbed the line "So help me God" at the end of his swearing-in, and Thomas Jefferson extolled Jesus as the most important philosopher in his life two centuries before Bush ever did. Abraham Lincoln, the President whom Bush says he admires most, called the Civil War God's punishment for the sin of slavery...
...don’t always know what role I was trying to fill at each point in time. I grew up with sports, and I found in them a precious way to connect to my family and friends. But when I came to Harvard, I didn’t wander into a sports meeting at The Crimson until my sophomore year. I told myself that I needed to balance out my science classes with some unrelated fun, and writing about sports fit nicely into that category...
...teaching fellow grading them. He gave two separate review sessions himself before the final and often ate dinner in the dining halls with students. What he did not do was learn to give a typical Harvard lecture. It is difficult to outline his lectures, as they often wander away into rich tangential territory; his teaching moments are not easily pegged to Roman numeral-ed exposition...
...essential traveling companion for humanitarian-aid workers, diplomats, peacekeeping troops, journalists and others bound for Afghanistan. Although populated by plenty of hospitable folk, Afghanistan is also lawless and dangerous. One of the most heavily mined countries in the world, it is not a place in which to wander alone, especially at night. If you are traveling there, Girardet and Walter and their contributors are the people to guide you. And if you're not, an armchair journey yields an intriguing look at a mosaic of cultures and a harsh history that is still being shaped today...
...habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In January, during his first prospecting trip to Iraq, Berg was picked up during a police sweep in the southern town of Diwaniya, where "there are supposedly a good deal of Iranian spies who wander over and sneak about," he told friends in an email, adding, "Isn't this starting to read like a mystery novel...