Many of us will have a tube of tennis balls gathering dust in the bottom of a cupboard.
"Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do," Obama told the gathering of Democrats in 2008.
In ancient Greece, athletic endeavors were seen as an important preparation for war, but Coubertin's gathering in Athens was a more clumsy affair, with 241 athletes, all white and male, competing in nine different sports over two weeks.
The same goes for social gathering, including the dinner table.
But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her
The PAC is leading efforts to pressure companies not to participate in this year's GOP gathering.
In reality, it is likely that Amazon will turn to its online community as quality controller, gathering customer feedback and approaching suppliers whose products are evidenced to be dangerous, ineffective or of a poor standard.
Two and a half thousand years ago, Chinese writers set about a systematic approach to gathering information about the peoples beyond the deserts and mountain ranges that protect China's interior, assessing their markets, leaders, strengths and weaknesses.
Science may depend on forming hypotheses, doing experiments and gathering evidence that support or refute your hypothesis, but math is simply a matter of stating the terms of your argument and then defending those statements using logic.
"In this example, you are gathering people against your spouse — and what is worse than that?
Bringing your friend to a gathering can be more casual-and less intimidating-than meeting one on one.
Jobs and income were among the top agenda items for the Chinese congress meeting earlier this month in Beijing and again this week on the southern island of Hainan, where policy makers are gathering for their annual Boao Forum.
I took Soraya, Khala Jamila, and Sohrab to a gathering of Afghans at Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont.
Closing Sohrab's door, I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
I started gathering my hair when I was 40 and by the age of 60 I had managed to gather one kilo, which was as much as I needed for a vest.
It is thought the division into larks and owls has its roots deep in evolution, with early risers in the Stone Age taking the initiative in food gathering, while late bidders stood guard late into the night.
You see the irony in guitars used as ornaments Anyone who struggles with gathering enough money for gear like I do will feel the pain of seeing a guitar hung on a wall with no intention of ever using it to play something.
Faster and faster she ran; round a promontory of rocks she wheeled out of sight; in an instant I also wheeled round it, but only to see the treacherous sands gathering above her head.
You must have a couple of bikes gathering dust somewhere in the garage.
" At the corners of my friend's old eyes, I saw wrinkles of amusement gathering in a patient net.
