Word: wave
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Many observers had predicted that the tidal wave of conservatism which swept the nation last November would filter down to Cambridge this year and finally shift the balance of power on the City Council...
Because of their devoted audience, and the fact that religious novels have a longer shelf life than secular ones, publishers plan to expand and diversify. The next wave is likely to be adventures and spy thrillers aimed at a big untapped market: men. There is plenty of peril left in the Northwest to provide fodder for those adventure novels. But espionage depends on deception, double dealing and lying. It's hard to see how God will work his way without ruining the plot...
Like all ideals, Postman's suggestions will be difficult to implement Yet his sincere conviction in the potential for change is both infections and inspiring. The End of Education deserves to be read by students as well as educators Swept up in a wave of pre-professional zeal we quickly forget that education can have a purpose in itself. This book provides hope that schooling can be, as he says not about how to make a living, but how to make...
...season, the name of the game for the Harvard men's soccer team has been skepticism. The players and coaches came into the campaign on a wave of lofty expectations after having won the Ivy League title last year--expectations that they have yet to fulfill...
French police claimed a major victory after arresting a "pivotal" figure in the Armed Islamic group (GIA), the Algerian-based organization primarily responsible for the recent wave of terrorist bombings in France. But TIME's Bruce Crumley says any celebration of an end to the violence may be premature. "The fellow they caught, Boualen Bensaid, is a main operative within the organization," says Crumley. "He is basically a coordinator among the various 'cells' of the group. But the GIA will always have people eager to step in and fill the void. I would expect the attacks to continue until...