Word: actioner
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...Soccer's governing body, FIFA, is unlikely to rush into action over the incident. The game will surely not be replayed - to do so would be to invite replays of any number of controversy-marred matches from the past (though Ireland's football association has now asked FIFA for a replay). But because FIFA has spent the past few years promoting the idea of fair play above all, it will be hard to ignore this altogether. "Winning is without value if victory has been achieved unfairly or dishonestly," reads the body's Code of Conduct. "Cheating is easy but brings...
...vengeful vampire Victoria through the deep woods is vivid and furious, a bracing break from the long stretches of teen heartbreak. ("You gave me everything just by breathing," Edward tells Bella. Oy.) Where Twilight is and remains mainly a love story, this chapter of the tale involves far more action, vampire-on-vampire violence, wolf on wolf, wolf on vampire, you name it. (See Hollywood's most famous werewolves...
More importantly, every action suddenly has some ulterior cosmic meaning. These predictions are starting to whittle away at my sense of autonomy...
...there is some comfort in knowing that there is a set of ancient, celestial guiding principles, a galactically correct course of action. If anything, horoscopes make me think about the big picture in a way I haven’t before, especially at Harvard. It’s easy to go through the motions, to think of the little things, to feel independent, responsible, and alone...
...have to embrace them. You can’t choose to ignore the bad ones and listen to the good ones. And they are nuanced: the bad omens are not so bad, and the good signs are something else altogether. The stars are populated with possibilities and courses of action rather than good and evil or right and wrong...