Word: adopting
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...little. When New York friends tell me they have “suburban day” at their high school when they dress the same, unfashionable way or when people criticize Boston as a diet city, it makes me question whether I want to live in New York and adopt that perspective...
...common cause. Virtually every household supported the relief effort. People realized that even the most minute contribution meant a lot. Citizens left their jobs and universities to go to affected areas and help in any way they could. Expatriate Pakistanis all over the world expressed their desire to adopt orphans. It was as if the whole country had suddenly changed from a self-interested, disunited nation into a warmhearted cohesive force facing the disaster. That made me realize that in any hour of need, Pakistan shall not fail. Agha Ali Murtaza Lahore, Pakistan...
...common cause. Virtually every household supported the relief effort. People realized that even the most minute contribution meant a lot. Citizens left their jobs and universities to go to affected areas and help in any way they could. Expatriate Pakistanis all over the world expressed their desire to adopt orphans. It was as if the whole country had suddenly changed from a self-interested, disunited nation into a warmhearted, cohesive force facing the disaster. That made me realize that in any hour of need, my country, my nation, my Pakistan shall not fail. Agha Ali Murtaza Lahore, Pakistan The west...
...Basically, you should adopt the anachronistic theory of “orientalism”: The purpose of visiting a foreign land is not to interact with the land itself, but rather to sample the “local goods...
...violence, and a psychological step closer to actual terror acts. All that's needed, that argument goes, are that the demands of today's rioters be redirected toward jihad. It's true that France has been woefully unresponsive to banlieue aspirations. But mercifully few people there are ready to adopt bin Laden's radical worldview. You're more likely to find those who have done in Iraq than in the French housing projects most rioters still consider home...