Word: whirlwinding
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...focus on three propositions that can't be simultaneously true: 1) God is all-powerful; 2) God is just; 3) Job, whom God lets suffer, is a good person. But the debate in Job actually concludes on a fourth assertion, stated by the Lord from out of the whirlwind, that Job has no business questioning Him. ("Where were you when I planned the earth? Do you show the hawk how to fly?") Some believers are frustrated by this pulling of rank, but the Sunday group accepts it. Says Joy MacKenzie: "I think we're shortsighted when we try to think...
...third-place finish at U.S. Nationals continued a whirlwind month of landmark events for Taylor. Immediately after graduation, she went to Salt Lake City to claim her Honda Award for the nation’s most outstanding female athlete in track and field. The award made her eligible to win the Broderick Cup, given to the female athlete of the year. Jackie Stiles, the Southwest Missouri State basketball superstar, ultimately won the honor...
...Despite the culture clash, the partners hammered out the basic framework for the venture at their first formal meeting, a whirlwind visit by Legend's top executives to AOL's Dulles, Virginia headquarters in June 2000. They decided almost immediately that it would be an equal partnership, according to Legend CEO Yang Yuanqing. (To comply with current China law, Legend will have a 51% stake.) The partners also quickly agreed on a business model that would combine Legend's hardware and AOL's Internet services. "There were problems throughout the negotiations," concedes Yang. "But from the beginning, both sides...
...Travers spent most of her youth in Cannes during the 1920s when women took to masculine coifs, slinky dresses and cigarettes to help them shake off "the shackles of the previous century." Swept up in fast-paced Riviera life, Travers gleefully partook in a whirlwind of booze, globetrotting and recreational sex, scandalizing her parents who accused her of becoming une fille facile...
...younger role, he is perfectly cast as a has-been looking for a shot at recapturing the glory days. Stallone in his maturity shines even brighter than he did in his prime. His famous mug still as unrepentantly stoic as ever, he cuts through the film like a whirlwind of tense muscles and charismatic flair. One of the few leading actors left who isn’t a pretty boy, he wears confident masculinity like a cologne; it pervades every scene he acts in. Film legend Reynolds is suitably gruff as the owner with a will of steel...