Word: comfortes
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...weeks ago, the Kenyan men lost their hold on the Boston marathon for the first time in 14 years. To comfort them, Kenyans quoted the Swahili proverb “kuteleza sio kuanguka:” to slip is not to fall. In other words, this is just a momentary setback, and life is a marathon, not a sprint. As their countrymen make light of the second-place position though, there is disquiet over a deeper problem. Kenya declined in international position, especially in the last Olympics, due to defection of its runners...
...than discourse on their specialties. Indeed, a brief tour through the course catalog will show that many professors have a hard enough time teaching courses that aren’t arcane within their own disciplines, let alone classes that take a step even further out of professors’ comfort zones...
...organic materials and/ or wire,” created for students’ enjoyment and leisure in the Yard. One that, Duehr excitedly explains, “students can climb into,” adding that there would be couches and books to provide a sense of comfort “with a lounge feel...
...worried about the latest outbreak of violence. "Why is this happening again?" asked Mahmoud, a distraught waiter at a restaurant near the scene of one of Saturday's two attacks. "These killers have no brains at all. Look at what they are doing to the country." Some Egyptians take comfort in the belief that the perpetrators of the recent attacks appear to have been poorly-organized amateurs with a limited capacity for mayhem. The background and motives of the attackers remain fuzzy, and it is not known whether they were attempting to exploit the growing political tension in the country...
...foundation because they are unique." Police have alerted galleries and collectors to be on the lookout for the works, but most American museums and dealers contacted by Time say they were unaware of the warning. Although investigations into art thefts can sometimes last decades, the foundation takes some comfort in the hope that, if a collector were to buy one of the missing Burris, he or she would likely have it authenticated, and thus Albizzini would presumably be notified. But Sarteanesi prays it doesn't come to that. "It is very important that these artworks are not sold or dispersed...