Word: leaps
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...rushing whistle of a brook, despite the initial overpowering of the second violins. During the more "violinistic" spots where the warmth of the intended solo violin would have more richly depicted the sleepy scenes of shepherds napping and dogs baying, Ms. Robison courageously puffed away and made the leap of faith that her modern flute could pull it off as well. And pull...
Thelma, the strong matriarch, has had to deal with a severe mother-in-law, a cheating husband, sterility, medicine men and more. Each step in her growth is treated like a gigantic leap of mankind, then is pushed aside for yet another revelation. After a few years of childless marriage, for example, Thelma's mother-in-law becomes concerned and takes action, asking "the old man to come." After that summoning, there is a break in the text, as if an earth-shattering meeting, or story-changing event is about to take place. The next paragraph contains a description...
...Blue Bird buses are a great leap in quality, according to Witt, who likens it to moving "from a Chevrolet to a Cadillac...
...together to oppose him. But Saddam retains a frustrating capacity to unsettle the coalition at any time. And the latest encounter, says a Western official in Kuwait, demonstrates that when the threat from Iraq is not self-evident and the justification from Washington is not clear, "no one will leap to support the U.S." In fact, Turkey, which is worried about cross-border attacks by the Kurds, has urged Baghdad to take control of Kurdish lands in the northern Iraqi no-fly zones. "We have sent a delegation to Saddam to tell him that if he can impose central authority...
Hanging on my wall is a poster from the Kennedy Library of a Norman Rockwell painting titled, "A Time for Greatness," depicting Kennedy's speech at the July 1960 Democratic National Convention. A president and a country cannot leap to greatness with the support of the people and without clear, positive goals. That is the challenge of the next president, and that is the challenge of this election year. Those who doubt that need only visit the library and stare in awe at the ocean through Pei's glass-enclosed pavilion. That is the awe we need our president...