Vocabulary Workshop E2 L9-10

He was evidently forgetting his own axiom--keep cool. Marsh, Richard

We talked about moving in together and we are fairly compatible. Slate (Feb 21, 2012)

Miles, who is in private practice, agreed that by missing his drug test Smith raised concern about his patient's post-transplant compliance with medical instructions. Seattle Times (Dec 16, 2011)

A shuddering stillness encompassed him; no breeze stirred amid the leaves. Tieck, Ludwig

He loved deeply and faithfully; but he hated just as fiercely and implacably. Bowling, John

Hatchlings, when fed for the first time, ignored inanimate foods but eagerly chased mealworms, catching them usually by the anterior end. Legler, John M.

The league accused Williams of administering a bounty system that, at times, offered cash incentives for knocking opponents out of games. New York Times (Mar 3, 2012)

Injuries to his two best receivers made it difficult for Favre to get going, and that indestructible body of his finally started to break down. Chicago Tribune (Jan 2, 2011)

In other words, one of our most essential abilities as humans--reading--is the product of a combination of innate and learned traits.

Extremist Sunni militant groups often target religious minorities, especially Shiites, in the country. New York Times (Feb 28, 2012)

It's negotiated and mutable, rather than fixed in the soul.

They reported having wandering thoughts, dreamlike perceptions, geometric visual hallucinations and other unusual changes in their sensory experiences, like sounds triggering visual images.

The next 24 hours will prove pivotal in determining whether or not he’s right. Washington Post (Feb 23, 2012)

The most important postulate of solid geometry is as follows: One plane, and only one, can be passed through two intersecting straight lines. Smith, David Eugene

The police said they had also recently begun confiscating electric bicycles, which are increasingly prevalent despite being banned from the streets by state law. New York Times (Mar 2, 2012)

And should those things still happen, women should be able to go to their employer and find some sort of protection and recourse. Newsweek (Jan 19, 2011)

Naiem declined to name the sect concerned, saying he feared retribution.

Even as some youth hockey officials advocate more stringent rules against fighting, it remains a proud tradition in places like Saskatchewan. New York Times (Feb 28, 2012)

Communication through human touch transcends anything that can be said or heard; it’s therapeutic. New York Times (Jan 11, 2011)

Fact is eternal; all fiction is very transitory in comparison. Clutterbuck, Walter J.