Word: pulling
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...revealed slowly, even shyly, from darkness to light, like the onset of a full moon-in Fijian, a vula. For presenting Pacific life on stage, there would seem to be no better guide: in the islands, time doesn't run to a clock, but rather follows the lunar pull of the tides. And in Vula, at the Sydney Opera House until June 25, the moon watches over the gentle unfolding of life, from kava ceremony to funeral song. In many Pacific cultures, the moon is also seen as a female deity, and in Vula womanhood is worshiped just as fully...
...interest of the larger lesson.) Depending on location, the week could include a visit to a farm to see ingredients at the source. Week Three concentrates on etiquette and table manners. And Week Four features the big night. Children set the tables, greet their parents and politely pull out chairs for them to sit down. Kids prepare as much of the meal as is safe and age-appropriate and then join their families for the first of what is hopefully many successful family dinners. Week Five is all about discussing the event, planning future meals and writing thank-you notes...
...pose a barrier to entry. "Where's the produce?" It is then that we realize we have come in via the exit. We re-enter through the correct door, and at once the layout conforms to the immutable laws of grocery-store geometry. The colorful produce and flowers pull us into a world of plenty. Now Nestle is in her element. An N.Y.U. professor, Nestle (rhymes with wrestle) has just published What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating. To write the 600-page tome, she spent a year examining the world...
...system was designed to automate the process and improve on it, using two massive fans to pull air toward the cold point. The intrusive approach scandalized those who had worked so hard to figure out a more modest solution to earlier problems in the cave. "Our idea was always to be as parsimonious as possible," says Pierre Vidal, a retired researcher who worked in Lascaux for decades. "This thing seemed more like a central air-conditioning system...
...Crimson had finally been overcome. This year, however, Princeton proved its cruel dominance of Harvard basketball is still very much in effect. Trailing by six points with under a minute to play in this February’s game at Lavietes Pavilion, the Tigers came back to pull out a 60-59 win on Noah Savage’s baseline jumper with less than a second to play. The impossible victory moved to the top of the long list of Princeton’s tormenting wins over Harvard in recent years, including 2004’s double-overtime thriller...