espionage

Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand

in the "great game" of espionage - spying as a "profession."

prospect

Once commercial promotion begins to fill the screen uninvited,

the distinction between the Web and television fades.

That's a prospect that horrifies Net purists.

provided

If Google decides to stay in China

and obey rules on censorship in search results,

provided the Chinese government guarantees that e-mail

and system hacks stop, it will be hard to see the principle in that.

retrospect

In retrospect, as the economy has begun to stabilize,

many of the government's actions last fall-particularly

the aggressive and creative efforts of Ben Bernanke

to provide liquidity to credit markets-have seemed effective.

spectacle

Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles,

which now more than ever seem in ample supply:

the critic of American materialism

with a Southampton summer home; the publisher of radical books

who takes his meals in three-star restaurants.

spectacular

An erupting volcano

on this remote South Pacific island

burst into spectacular life Thursday -

shooting steam and toxic gases 9,845 feet into the sky.

spectator

The trial, to be conducted during the match

between South Australia and Western Australia from 2-4 February,

will test the visibility of the coloured ball

to players and spectators under both daylight

and artificial light in match conditions.

spectrum

In some cases, it can fit a spectrum

of other abusive behaviors, from threatening to physical violence,

that create an imbalance in a relationship's power dynamic.

lawsuit

Sir, I advise you should reconsider

your filing a lawsuit against that man.

Why? Because he is a man of powerful status?

I cannot tolerate a man like him.