Word: expression
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...will donate all proceeds from the book to charity. African Diary is unlike any of Bryson's previous work in both subject matter and tone, but it is still sprinkled with amusing anecdotes. There's a hair-raising encounter on a terrifyingly unstable train to Mombasa - dubbed the Lunatic Express by locals - and a storm-buffeted flight over Nairobi in a prop plane. The pilot, Bryson writes, "was bobbing about ... like someone ... being attacked by fire ants." The best travel writing, Bryson says, "makes people interested in the experience you've had, and that's harder than folks think." This...
...statement to The Crimson, University President Lawrence H. Summers said: “These reports of events long ago are extremely disturbing. They are part of a past that we have rightly left behind...I want to express our deep regret for the way this situation was handled, as well as the anguish the students and their families must have experienced eight decades...
...battle for campaign finance reform has been waged in New Hampshire by Sen. John R. McCain (R-Ariz.) on his Straight Talk Express, by bowtied political pundits on Sunday morning talk shows and by toupeed legislators on Congressional floors. A federal judicial panel is now the center of the ideological battle in a suit challenging the constitutionality of the new “Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.” It has pitted an unlikely alliance of the American Civil Liberties Union and former Lewinskygate prosecutor Kenneth Starr against McCain and former President Clinton’s Solicitor...
...colleagues used words such as “delighted” and “thrilled” to express their reaction to his decision...
...just so limited,” she complains. “Of course, the best shopping is in Paris or New York City,” Arnavon says. “In Boston, I like to hit up Guess, FCUK (but it’s ridiculously expensive), and Express. Banana Republic for guys.” Both are fans of Newbury Street...