SAT words "S" part 1

Some say the artwork blurs the line between church and state; others consider it sacrilegious to have Mexico's patron saint pictured surfing.

After decades of being considered politically sacrosanct, why are homeowner mortgage write-offs suddenly on the chopping block?

The sagacious painter had a truer insight into this matter than most of our modern educationists.

The air is extremely salubrious, and the place has long been remarkable for its freedom from epidemics.

With unemployment in some parishes above 25 percent, sardonic bumper stickers entered state lore: “Last one out, turn off the lights.”

That means it's more effective at keeping your blood sugar levels stable, leaving you feeling satiated and less likely to start eating again hours later.

Inevitably there were instant faux feeds on Twitter with satirical commentary about Bin Laden’s death, including Ghost Osama and Osama in Hell.

The head was shockingly disfigured, battered by some heavy instrument, and the clothes were saturated with blood.

Many Americans reside in food deserts—communities where retailers offering fresh food are scarce but fast-food restaurants and convenience stores selling prepared foods can abound.

"You sickening little coward—you sneak," said Osmond, with scathing contempt.

After building a market worth at least $6 billion, fair trade is undergoing a schism, with Fair Trade USA splitting off.

Mr. Papandreou, a political scion whose father and grandfather were also prime ministers, took office late last year.

Mr. Gates also was scornful of the top deal makers: “Russian democracy has disappeared, and the government is an oligarchy run by the security services.”

“His films have a look, an ambience, a setting, that’s very real because of his scrupulous attention to detail,” Mr. Jewison added.

Days before Thanksgiving, AT&T's heavyweight lobbying team was busy setting up meetings with antitrust authorities scrutinizing the company’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile.

String quartets, made up of four similar instruments that blend seamlessly and resonate together, are the thoroughbreds of chamber music.

On the 3rd of November a revolution broke out at Panama, and the state seceded from Colombia and declared itself to be an independent republic.

But southern Sudanese living in northern Sudan were more ambivalent — 42 percent opted for unity and 58 percent for secession.

There is a growing body of research showing that very active women are less likely to develop breast cancer than their sedentary peers.

If stones were thrown at the police and seditious cries were raised, it was no more than might be reasonably expected.

For something like eleven summers I've written things that aimed to teach Our careless mealy-mouthéd mummers To be more sedulous of speech.

In Malaysia, there is no gender segregation; women hold top positions in banks and other companies, and female university students now outnumber men.

Web semantics developers in recent years have trained computers to classify news topics based on intuitive keywords and recognizable names.

Branches, even trunks might bend and break, but the seminal roots sent up new shoots next season, which in another year, bore fruit scantily.

Emotions and intelligence are connected with nerve structures in all sentient beings that we have experience and knowledge of.

Every American will read these works with national pride, and have his better feelings and sentiments enkindled and strengthened.—Western literary Messenger.

Nissan has taken on a more aggressive marketing approach in recent months in Brazil, where car sales have hit sequential records for four years.

Emerson says, "The virtue of art lies in detachment, in sequestering one object from the embarrassing variety."

Serendipity is a recurring theme in Chandler's biography, with one happy accident after another pushing him in a certain direction.

The serenity he doubtless enjoys as a Zen monk will probably help.

Their Sibylline books have prophesied the fall of Rome, though they use the name 'Babylon.'

At least 10 large black-faced langur monkeys are being used at the Delhi Games venues to stop smaller simian monkeys from causing trouble.

Then he rushed away without saluting me, and looking as black as the ace of spades—that simile suits my present mood!

Supertaskers can juggle simultaneous tasks without experiencing a drop in attention or focus, which flies against the conventional wisdom about how the human brain functions.

He moved on down toward the cottonwoods and reaching them stood in their shadows, arms at his sides, shoulders slacked as if weakened, irresolute.

His lawyer Heather Boxeth has said O'Neal relapsed by drinking alcohol after five years of sobriety and was in rehab.

"Hurt/comfort" stories revolve — as you might imagine — around one character's getting injured physically or emotionally and another character's providing solace.

Then, feeling that this sorrow required solitude, one after another slipped away, slowly, gently, and on tiptoe, leaving Helen alone with her husband's body.

The alchemist gave up his search for an universal solvent upon being asked in what kind of vessel he expected to keep it when found.

Nature and the spiritual, without this embodied intelligence, this somatic being, called man or angel or ape, are as ermine on a wax figure.

This word comes from the Greek "sophistes," meaning a sophist, that is to say, one who makes a pretence of being wise.

You might be tempted to think of the biggest airline as the one with the most aircraft, but capacity differences make this reasoning specious.

More than 200 spectators watched aircraft take to the skies on Tuesday at Mona Airfield.

Bisher covered a spectrum of sports — including football, baseball, horse racing, auto racing and boxing — that reflected the tastes of his Southern readership.

He said the four conspiracy charges leveled at his client were supported by nothing but “speculation, innuendo and conjecture.”