Word: thrusting
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This did not present a problem. That night, the crowd— fresh-faced and soft-butch, sporting horn-rimmed glasses and carefully bedraggled coiffures—was frequently reduced to whispers amid thundering drum solos, only to be thrust back into blissful tumult by exploding guitars and vocals...
...general thrust is, [members are] not coming in on a frequent basis, and [when they do, they’re] seeing folks that are non-members and non-contributors to the financial operation of the club abusing it as if they were members,” Sears said...
...prosperous Arab world is in everyone's interest, and unseating Saddam would be a good start down that road. It's what follows that's tricky. The lesson of history is that reforms succeed best if they well up from within a nation, not when they are thrust upon it from outside. If the Administration seriously thinks otherwise, it would be nice to know what lessons it has learned from the failed imperialism of the past. And not just about the finer points of pigsticking...
Rose is waiting again now, the caution of others thrust upon him. The caution of coaches and doctors and trainers...
Confronted by the specter of Saddam Hussein, British Prime Minister Tony Blair thrust his country into an uncharacteristically conspicuous role: he looked around, sensed danger and stepped up to the plate, calling for preemptive military action against the Iraqi dictator. Now he shares said plate with an only slightly less lonely George W. Bush - and they may be standing there, alone together, for a very long time. For this act of brave solidarity (or political suicide), Tony Blair is our Person of the Week...