Word: commonality
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...something closer to 40%. All the same, there are still nearly as many firearms in the U.S. as people--more than 235 million by some estimates. At a time when crime rates are dropping, gun crime is dropping too. But gun murders in the U.S. are still far more common than they were 30 years ago, and more common than they are in any other Western industrial nation. We've plateaued in no-man's-land...
...know her well. I've worked with her, she is a superb legislator, she is bright and energetic, with an uncommon degree of common sense. We are delighted to have her as a fellow," he said...
...many of whom I hadn't seen since last September. But what I was looking forward to the most was our casual, somewhat childish attitudes towards each other. Contrary to life at Harvard, back home we all felt comfortable making stupid conversation and resorting to humor of the lowest common denominator. And, after spending a year in an environment of such intellectualism and personal growth, it would be a nice change of pace simply to regress...
...already uneasy maternal sense. One of the first things I did upon my return was to toss at her, unopened, the box of condoms she had sent me (doubtless as some coded test), but I also peroxided my hair and dropped barbed criticisms about what was once our common favorite political party...
This year's Bunting Fellows are spread among a variety of disciplines, from music composition to biomedical research. Rita N. Brock, director of the Bunting Institute, said all of the Bunting Fellows have something in common in that they are all "on the cutting edge" of their fields...