Commemorations are taking place this weekend for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, but the closest many of us may come to comprehending the sacrifice made by Allied troops on the blood-soaked beaches of Normandy is in the relentless opening segment of Steven Spielberg's 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan," with its currents of crimson darkening the surf and stumbling, gasping soldiers racing for cover.
The campaign's newly upbeat tone contrasts sharply with General Clark's abrupt, sometimes stumbling entry into the race in mid-September.
Not long after Kennedy's death the country went from one crisis to another, stumbling through years of race riots and civil disobedience, the counterculture revolt, the crumbling of authority and the erosion of traditional values.
Her fear of white brutality so palpitates her heart the she races home, stumbling hard along the way, to gather her children around in the safety of their small home.
When Paula Radcliffe and her husband first went running in Central Park, she thought they had stumbled into a race.
When Big Brown stumbled in the race and bumbled to the finish line, hobbling this way and that down the stretch, the questions began anew.
Muir, 20, stumbled during her race and finished second in two minutes 02.55 seconds, which was not quick enough to qualify as a fastest loser.
I dropped everything and raced across town, stumbling into the restaurant where the affable Schulz held court before a group of fans and friends.
Ms. Stewart, stumbling through the forest and racing through an awkward, Shakespeare-lite speech to her hastily mustered good-guy army, understands the job perfectly and undertakes it in good faith.
Just weeks ago, the Washington Post described Scott Walker as the first "It" candidate of the 2016 presidential races, but after stumbling over "truth," evolution, and whether or not the President is a Christian or loves America, Walker is getting ready to change the topic.
