Word: chosing
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...husband and I chose Bali because we like things a little messy. We're both journalists who enjoy chatting with the shaman, exploring bumpy back-country lanes and trying spicy stews at the open-air restaurant a few rice paddies away from our land. But I recognize that not everyone finds charming the idea of a spirit tax - a contribution to the village partly based on how many spirits reside on your land, and a calculation, mind you, that can only be made by the village elders. Indeed, if you're looking for a stress-free condominium with access...
...birth name is Dana Owens. Latifah is a nickname that I chose when I was about 8. It means delicate, sensitive. I was kind of big as a kid, but I felt that name fit me. Later, when I was about to sign a record contract, I didn't want to be MC Latifah. So I decided on Queen...
Because I'm not a professional pollster, my results, much like my questions, were unusual. For instance, while 32% of voters said the economy was their No. 1 issue, 12% chose Supreme Court appointments, 4% cared most about health care, and a shocking 56% fell under the category "I forgot to ask that question...
...came up for renewal in 2007. The reason that this year has seen so many schools fail to meet federal standards is that state requirements were very poorly structured under NCLB. About half of the states had anticipated a huge struggle in immediately meeting federally mandated standards, so they chose plans that would start with lower standards and ramp up in subsequent years. California, for example, required only modest proficiency gains of 2.2 percent a year from 2001 until last year, when required percentage increases leapt up to 11 percent a year. The California state superintendent admitted he hoped that...
...campaign staffer Patricia Allen that lasted from 2006 through 2008. Mahoney and Allen settled a lawsuit this year that gives Allen $60,000 and her attorneys $40,000. He didn't want "the public spectacle" of Allen going public during the congressman's first re-election campaign, so he chose the settlement as his best option. "I wanted to hide it," he said, and "make it go away," though he admitted to being "ashamed" of the affair and for putting himself in a "stupid situation," and felt "remorse" for embarrassing himself and his wife and daughter. Mahoney insists...