Word: cocoon
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Droste has a point: the tempo rarely rises above sleepy on Horn of Plenty. That said, the acoustic riffs circling around Droste’s slurred harmonies and minor-key melodies are easy enough to pigeonhole, weaving a fuzzily familiar cocoon as the songs’ structures wobble and repeat...
...function. And maybe that’s why I made my section of the country into a new Eden, combining the down-to-earth values of the middle of the country with the political leanings of the coast. Perhaps it was the sweet immersion of the comforting liberal cocoon at Harvard that did it. Perhaps it was my insatiable pride in the various aspects of my identity. But everything hurts a little worse right now. It’s just become a little bit harder to keep saying “pop” and a little bit sadder...
Germany's biggest problem is Zukunftsangst (fear of the future). Uncertainty has led to declining membership in political parties, an increase in stress-related illness and consumers who cocoon at home rather than go out for a little retail therapy. It has more and more people "going to Balconia"--passing up a traditional holiday for staying home to water the geraniums. And as companies move production farther east, to the new E.U. member states and Asia, to avoid strict employment laws and high labor costs, German industry is gradually being hollowed out. In 1993, for example, Siemens employed...
YOUNG CONSERVATIVES Campus activists on the right are more diverse, more organized and better funded than ever. As they rattle the cocoon of liberal education, are they also coarsening campus life...
...oxygen at sea level. As Blake snoozes, his body compensates for the lower level of oxygen it is getting by producing more red blood cells. Because red blood cells carry oxygen through the body, the theory is that generating more of them reduces fatigue. Blake concedes his oxygen cocoon "looks ridiculous" and gets "pretty hot," but he is convinced that spending uncomfortable nights at simulated altitude will help him become a better athlete. Such wizardry isn't cheap. High-altitude tents cost as much as $7,000; the SRM Powermeter costs around $2,900; customized training bikes start at about...