take-up n 1: a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion 2: the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in Source: WordNet. Princeton University take up v 1: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration" 2: adopt; "take up new ideas" syn latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on 3: turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty" 4: take up time or space; "take up the slack" 5: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" syn start 6: take up and practice as one's own syn adopt, borrow, take over 7: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" syn assume, take, strike 8: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption syn sorb 9: take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" syn scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up 10: accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid" syn take in 11: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" syn absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in 12: take up as if with a sponge syn take in, sop up, suck in 13: return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" syn resume Source: WordNet. Princeton University
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The Jesus Mission: Christ completed twenty-seven missions while on earth. Take up the four he assigned to you. by Steven K. ScottWaterBrook Press“How Do I know What God Wants from Me?” Take Up The Shield: COMPARING THE UNIFORM OF THE POLICE OFFICER and THE ARMOR OF GOD by Tony MianoGenesis Publishing GroupWritten by a street cop, this unique publication describes the spiritual armor of Ephesians chapter 6 using a contemporary equivalent -- the police uniform -- giving readers fresh insight into this well-known passage. The importance of each piece of equipment is driven home through engaging, real-life police stories (responding to the infamous L.A. Riots, the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake, working in jails, making arrests, etc). The author then gives readers a look into the courtroom of the Judge of all mankind, encouraging them to "take up the shield" of faith by placing their trust in Jesus Christ. Encouraging for Christians, evangelistic for cops and others. "Take Up the Black Man's Burden": Kansas City's African American Communities, 1865-1939 by Charles E. CoulterUniversity of MissouriUnlike many cities farther north, Kansas City, Missouri—along with its sister city in Kansas—had a significant African American population by the midnineteenth century and also served as a way station for those migrating north or west. “Take Up the Black Man’s Burden” focuses on the people and institutions that shaped the city’s black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment. Charles E. Coulter opens up the world of the African American community in its formative years, making creative use of such sources as census data, black newspapers, and Urban League records. His account covers social interaction, employment, cultural institutions, housing, and everyday lives within the context of Kansas City’s overall development, placing a special emphasis on the years 1919 to 1939 to probe the harsh reality of the Depression for Kansas City blacks—a time when many of the community’s major players also rose to prominence. “Take Up the Black Man’s Burden” is a rich testament not only of high-profile individuals such as publisher Chester A. Franklin, activists Ida M. Becks and Josephine Silone Yates, and state legislator L. Amasa Knox but also of ordinary laborers in the stockyards, domestics in white homes, and railroad porters. It tells how various elements of the population worked together to build schools, churches, social clubs, hospitals, the Paseo YMCA/YWCA, and other institutions that made African American life richer. It also documents the place of jazz and baseball, for which the community was so well known, as well as movie houses, amusement parks, and other forms of leisure. While recognizing that segregation and discrimination shaped their reality, Coulter moves beyond race relations to emphasize the enabling aspects of African Americans’ lives and show how people defined and created their world. As the first extensive treatment of black history in Kansas City, “Take Up the Black Man’s Burden” is an exceptional account of minority achievement in America’s crossroads. By showing how African Americans saw themselves in their own world, it gives readers a genuine feel for the richness of black life during the interwar years of the twentieth century. Power Points: Your Action Plan to : Hear God's Voice, Believe God's Word, Seek the Father, Submit to Christ, Take Up the Cross, Depend on the Holy S by John WimberHarpercollinsX-men Legacy #260.1 "Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Frenzy and Rachel Summers Take up Their Posts As Teachers and Protectors of Wolverine's School...just in Time to Defend It From Invading N'garai Demons" by M.C.MARVEL COMICSX-men Legacy #260.1 "Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Frenzy and Rachel Summers Take up Their Posts As Teachers and Protectors of Wolverine's School...just in Time to Defend It From Invading N'garai Demons" Death Takes Up a Collection by Carol Anne O'MarieMinotaur BooksReaders have come to delight in the murder-solving exploits of septuagenarian Sister Mary Helen and her cohort Sister Eileen, two nuns with a nose for nabbing killers. Publishers Weekly calls the Sister Mary Helen Mysteries "refreshingly different" and a "heady mix of humor and suspense." Once you meet this spry, clever sleuth, you'll want to make a habit of reading her adventures again and again. A corrupt clergyman meets an unholy death... Monsignor Joseph Higgins liked, along with wine and women, the finer things in life-so much so that he may have dipped into the church funds to finance his good tastes. But would that be reason enough to kill the crooked clergyman? Someone had poisoned the pastor-and there was no shortage of likely suspects, from his surly housekeeper to several prominent parishioners. Now Sister Mary Helen and Sister Eileen must delve into this sacrilegious slaying and bring a killer to justice. Lovers take up less space by Rosemary J. KindLovers Take up Less Space is a humorous review of the addictive misery of commuting on London Underground. A blow by blow account of everything from how to find breathing space on a packed Tube train, to the psychological torture of your fellow passengers eating a fresh hot bag of chips and not passing them round. It includes games to transform underground travel from a necessary evil to a spare time recreational activity, together with surprising facts and figures answering questions you had not yet thought to ask. Lovers Take up Less Space is a humorous review of the addictive misery of commuting on London Underground. A blow by blow account of everything from how to find breathing space on a packed Tube train, to the psychological torture of your fellow passengers eating a fresh hot bag of chips and not passing them round. It includes games to transform underground travel from a necessary evil to a spare time recreational activity, together with surprising facts and figures answering questions you had not yet thought to ask. Garfield Takes Up Space: His 20th Book (Garfield Classics) by Jim DavisBallantine Books
Garfield's Got the Magic Touch Fore! Play: The Last American Male Takes up Golf by Bill GeistGrand Central Publishing
Bill Geist, who had never picked up a club before, sets off determined to learn the game and to uncover what accounts for America's infatuation with this "royal and ancient" sport. Geist's unique approach provides uproarious insight into the nuances of the game that will ring true for any golf lover. It was only a matter of time before Bill Geist, the comic bard of suburban life, collided with the royal and ancient game. "Golf fever. It's serious, it's viral, it's epidemic, and," he observes in Fore! Play, "unlike West Nile no one is spraying for it." And if it hasn't thoroughly infected him, too, it's at least brought out enough writer's curiosity to spur an odyssey in search of why the game casts such a spell over so many devoted pilgrims. His curiosity hits most of the expected stops on a beginning golfer's journey, and at times--his community night-school golf lessons, his interview at a ritzy country club, brief chronicles of trouble-filled rounds with his wife and son--he hits with enough spin to keep the humor pin-high and his narrative moving. But this is, in the end, an old story, one that every golfer has likely experienced and heard before, and Geist brings little new to it beyond his wry persona. More often than not, he winds up in a rough of his own making, reaching too hard for laughs that just aren't there. His Geistian golf definitions and tips ("Don't bend over to tee up your ball with a bag full of clubs over your shoulder or they'll spill out and make you look like Jerry Lewis") are simply silly when they're not out-and-out sophomoric. Of course, golf does have a knack for bringing out the worst in people. When Geist swings too wildly for a laugh in Fore! Play, the consequence is inevitable: he shanks it. --Jeff Silverman Grandma Hazel's Funny, Funny Kidz Jokebook (WARNING: Contains No Stupid Knock-Knock Jokes or Dumb Pictures to Take Up Space) by Rob LoughranBubba Caxton Books, A Division of Foul Mouthed Bard PressWhy did the Siamese twins move to England? Why did the Siamese twins move to England? |
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