Word: wrenchingly
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...Rendal Negros Oriental, the Philippines Opus Dei seems to combine extreme navel gazing with self-loathing. It also seems preoccupied with gaining power over others and amassing wealth. Just the description of founder Josemaría Escrivá's enthusiastic self-flagellation was enough to turn me off. Doris Wrench Eisler St. Albert, Canada I was an Opus Dei member in central America during the '80s. In those chaotic times, I was attracted to the idea of sanctifying daily work and giving my life more transcendental value without sacrificing my dedication to studying medicine. With time, I came to realize...
...match three different components--the main body, or upper; the insole; and the cleats, or studs--to adapt to different playing conditions. (Most serious players buy several pairs of soccer shoes for that purpose.) Want a red, lightweight boot for playing on a soft surface? Use a wrench to replace the short studs with long ones, slide in a lighter sock liner, and exchange the black upper for a red one. Adidas executives see the Tunit as the footwear iPod. "I want my music now, and this is how I want it, where I want it," explains Antonio Zea, head...
...Southern California, living in Lawndale in a trailer owned by her neighbors Esther Trevin, 67, and her 77-year-old husband, Bettie unprovokedly attacked Esther with a knife and was subdued by Mr. Trevin, who, after warning Bettie to drop the knife, knocked her out with a crescent wrench. Charged on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, Bettie was found not guilty by reason of insanity...
...Kongjian, China's pre-eminent landscape architect, was brought down from Beijing to lend the project some cachet?and, as is often the case, his first move was to throw a wrench into other people's plans. Zhongshan didn't need more flowers, Yu told the city officials; it didn't need fountains, ornate wrought-iron fences, or hedges shaped like animals. Instead of bulldozing the shipyard, he proposed, they could put it to new use. A gantry crane would make an interesting gate, a crumbling water tower could become the base of a lighted beacon. Instead of grass...
...opportunity. Gov-jocks are somewhat of a thing of the past now that the Government department has put its grade-inflationary past behind it. But the department’s brand new buildings, called CGIS Knafel and CGIS South, have doors so heavy that only those aforementioned jocks can wrench them open. Note to the Gov department: rolling boulders to block the doorway would be easier, and they might fit the facade better.Seven: De-creep Cabot House. What do manual elevators and Quadlings have in common? A tendency to get stuck in less-than-ideal places. Combine...