Word: transcendence
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...part of its historical present. Excellence is within reach, but the fact that it is only makes this novel’s failure to reach it all the more disappointing. With two more novels left in the trilogy, there is hope that Ghosh’s Ibis will transcend its pages and join the company of Melville’s Pequod and Conrad’s Nellie, its obvious ancestors. Perhaps, as is the case within the novel, the novel itself is merely prelude to great things yet to come. —Staff writer Jillian J. Goodman...
...fine points of the bailout plan, the broad strategy of immediately removing these securities from the market seems to be the best way to return to stability to such a volatile market. The issues afflicting our financial system are both far-reaching and immediate, and our elected officials must transcend petty politics in crafting novel solutions to such unprecedented problems. Much of the political squabble heard throughout the negotiations of the past week has been far too polarizing and narrow-minded. On one side, liberal democrats must realize that it is far more important to stabilize our nation?...
...doing more damage than good. Members of both parties emerged from that meeting accusing each other of playing politics with the crucial legislation. Both sides to some degree are right. Less than 40 days from the presidential election, this crisis has been anything but the shining moment where candidates transcend politics and come together for the good of the country - as McCain suggested it should be when he suspended his campaign and asked to postpone Friday's debate until a deal could be worked...
...supposedly civilized Beltway society. Like all fetishes, it has its origins in some formative event: the rise and fall of Clintonian politics.In 1992, a newly aggressive stance in Democratic campaigning made the party’s future seem rosy. Bill Clinton’s electoral victory had begun to transcend the political map of the post-Civil Rights South. After 12 years of Republican rule and alongside a solidly Democratic Congress, the new administration promised something resembling a new consensus, one that would finally recapture the ideal of an active and charitable government, delivering on healthcare, union rights, and equal...
...Both tickets made much ado at their respective conventions about how America can be better, how we might change our nature and our image on the global stage. In Sen. Obama’s mind, the hope would seem to be that America might transcend its petty divisions and again become the exemplar of liberal government...