Word: abstraction
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...epic irony of Yasser Arafat's final hours or days is the growing sense that he may facilitate, by his death, what he failed to achieve in the course of his storied life. As recently as a week ago, Palestinian statehood had seemed like nothing more than an abstract wish for the foreseeable future; now, suddenly, with the Palestinian leader reportedly in a terminal coma, Palestinian statehood is once again being discussed in the realm of the possible. It's not simply Arafat's passing from the scene that has enabled the shift. The Bush administration is facing rising pressure...
...just your country and not the world that has gone mad. If you want to move to a country where the big issues in the last election were healthcare, education, the economy and environmental protection—and not “flip-flopping”, wars on abstract nouns or the merits of giving the general public assault rifles—then you should seriously consider applying for citizenship in my home nation. Australia’s immigration system is extremely simple: If you’re smart, speak English and are unlikely to go straight to welfare then...
...resulting principles include increasing “efficiency and use of renewable resources,” promoting the University community’s health, and improving campus ecosystems, as well as the practical aspects of developing the required planning tools, research, and indicators. These fairly abstract principles have left many wondering what they mean for the Harvard community...
Boston Ballet, currently one of the top five ballet-only companies in the United States, received much support in its early existence from émigré neoclassical pioneer George Balanchine, the man responsible for popularizing this abstract and theoretical subgenre of ballet over the course of the 20th century. Balanchine’s influence on Boston Ballet’s character as a company is visible in their repertory even today...
...Vote for Change comes to town. MoveOn.org says it has gained 200,000 new members by linking ticket sales to its website, and organizers expect to raise $10 million to fund Democratic voter-mobilization group America Coming Together, but the truth is that the goals of the tour are abstract. "I don't want to come off as naive," says R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe, "but I put a lot of faith in music. It's an emotional medium. I mean, how could someone fail to be inspired to think about our country after hearing Bruce Springsteen...