Word: apartness
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Such modesty is rare—but rarer still is West’s political genius, which sets him apart from Harvard’s dusty academic scribblers and dreary pedants. Who but Cornel West would have seen the possibilities inherent in Bill Bradley’s noble, tragic 2000 presidential campaign, which failed to win a single primary only thanks to the machinations of America’s misogynist, homophobic, racist power elite? And who but Cornel West, having tasted the bitter cup of failure, would return to the political arena so quickly, laboring in the vineyards...
...Demeanor would be proud of me: I have figured out a way to ensure that my children always send thank-you notes. And such a gesture is important, says Ms. Demeanor, because "a grateful attitude is a tremendous life skill, an efficient and inexpensive way to set ourselves apart in the work force and in our adult lives. Teach your children that the habit of manners comes from inside--it's an attitude based on respecting other people...
This stunning victory was won by a military machine that, while not the largest the world has ever seen, is man for man the most powerful. There is no single factor that sets the U.S. armed forces apart from others, says Terence Taylor, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. There is rather "a full range of technical military capabilities, from ICBMs to 'feet on the ground,'" in which American power is unparalleled. From aircraft carriers (the U.S. has more than all other NATO members combined) to Tomahawk cruise missiles (so good that Washington allows their export only to Britain...
...proteomics involves baker's yeast. Millennium uses mass spectroscopy--a way of producing unique signatures of proteins by tearing them apart and weighing the fragments--to detect drug targets rapidly. Its technology has won the company strong alliances with traditional drug firms, including a $450 million anti-inflammatory drug-development alliance with Aventis and a $465 million research agreement with Bayer. Millennium also has a $250 million partnership with Abbott Laboratories focused on metabolic diseases. Last month the pair announced that they were beginning clinical trials on a candidate drug against obesity...
...Strokes may be derivative - of the Velvet Underground, Television, David Bowie and many others - but to borrow a phrase from Courtney Love, they fake it so real, they are beyond fake. Is This It is full of great guitar hooks, dry pop lyrics ("Alone we stand, together we fall apart /I think I'll be all right") and old-fashioned rock-'n'-roll attitude. Lead singer Julian Casablancas, 23, is in the middle of it all, radiating a stylish, premature weariness that no doubt makes his dad, Elite modeling kingpin John Casablancas, a proud papa. Who cares if the Strokes...