Word: apartness
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Work is what sets us apart. You are what you do. People ask, "What line of work did you say you're in?" and if you say, "I am a brain surgeon" to someone who washes dishes professionally, he backs up, bowing. But a man who spends five weeks lounging in his pajamas is a plain old bum like the ones at the bus depot. There are not varieties of bumhood, some more creative or distinguished than others. Indolence is, like all religious experiences, totally self-effacing...
...German, he and his wife Valerie Cornell, also an aspiring novelist, had lived in the Boston suburb of Somerville. For years, their days were devoted to writing, their nights to reading. On weekends he worked at Harvard's geology department, tracking earthquakes. By 1994 his marriage had fallen apart...
Rice's unilateralist tone irritates G.O.P. moderates. She froze Russia out for the first three months of the Administration, pushed a tougher public line on China, and questioned both current talks with North Korea and a previous agreement. That approach is worlds apart from the style of Scowcroft and the President's dad. "One of his father's great skills was reaching out to other people," says a senior Republican statesman. Bush Sr. speaks often with his son but is careful not to appear to push him to the center...
...will not be pretty: "As order dissolves across China, workers will take over factories, and towns will run themselves as little baronies. The People's Republic may not so much collapse as split apart and then dissolve...
...make himself better as a racing driver and what he can do to help make Ferrari better." It is hard to imagine how he could get any better. Schumacher's combination of raw speed, racecraft, tactical awareness and sublime skill in the rain sets him apart from the pack. "It's easy to win one world championship," says two-time Ferrari champion Niki Lauda. "What's impressive about Michael is that he keeps coming back and doing it again." For this year's title and last year's, the Ferrari has been the best, most consistent car on the circuit...