Word: constructively
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...Purser's personal ethos is based upon old-fashioned ideals of hard work and country living. On a fine, Monday morning, the women of Tembi gather in a pleasant pavilion in the center of town to construct nested rattan boxes for Marshall Field's, the Chicago-based department store chain. As Purser wanders through a clean-swept clearing sheltered by what he calls a "hugely important" banyan tree, where a member of the royal house of Yogyakarta is buried, residents make way for him with discreet Javanese gestures of respect. "When someone gets married, I'm there. When someone dies...
...cleric in Iraq and he opposes theocractic rule. Rather than leading chants of "Death to America," he's been working quietly to help restore order. But the moderates will lose if America is seen to be marginalizing the Shiites. They win if the Shiites see that America is helping construct a fair new order in Iraq. There is no escaping the reality that a majority of Iraqis are Shiites and they are expecting their slice of the cake...
LISE is the second of four major new buildings the FAS science departments are planning to construct in the North Yard, totalling about 500,000 square feet altogether...
...clichés, Ali's characters spout the requisite quirky homilies: "A blind uncle is better than no uncle"; "Rubbing ashes on your face doesn't make you a saint"; "The jackfruit is still on the tree but already he is oiling his moustache." Chanu, in particular, seems to construct entire monologues out of aphorisms. In Bengali folk theater, that's a tried and tested comedic technique. Here, it's tired and tiring. If you're looking for something with genuine spice, you're better off with Hanif Kureishi's back catalog - or at the curry houses on the real...
When Gilligan asked the girls to construct a dialogue with a piece of art, Emma picked a statue and asked: “Are you cold? Would you like some clothes...