Word: companionism
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...Fuck Mather,” shouts one unsatisfied party-goer. “Dude, this is Cabot,” his companion gently corrects. “Fine. Fuck Cabot.” It’s the third Saturday night of the year and first-year revelers splash their fresh-faced joie de vivre all over an overflowing Cabot staircase. The Quad was where the party was, whether or not anyone actually knew where they were. How to get home was an entirely separate question. “Wait, guys. I think Kirkland is actually on the river...
...level of a St. John of the Cross or a Shankara. The legend goes on to say that Rumi and Shams became so inseparable that jealousy grew among Rumi's already considerable followers. Ultimately they acted, murdering Shams and leaving Rumi alone again, the one true and irreplaceable soul companion of his life gone...
...vice president of clinical research at CryoLife, insists that a low level of risk is unavoidable. "This tissue cannot be sterilized and still be rendered functional," he says. "We try to minimize contamination, but we have a warning box informing surgeons that there is potential for contamination." CryoLife screens companion samples of its tissues for harmful microbes; if any are found, the entire tissue sample is discarded. The screening minimizes the risk of contamination, Fronk explains, but doesn't eliminate it. The American Association of Tissue Banks has developed its own standards for quality control, but CryoLife...
...telephone has done more than diplomats, clergymen or scientists to knit the world together. Taken for granted by kings and butchers alike, it is an indispensable companion that serves without favor or prejudice. It has reached into every civilized corner of the world--and often brought civilization with it. From its wires spring the words of history in the making, the chatter of daily life. English Novelist Arnold Bennett called it "the proudest and the most poetical achievement of the American people"...Millions of Americans pick up the telephone to get the weather or the correct time, shopping news, stock...
...children found himself alone and lonely for the first time since his 20s. As he worked at his computer one day in 1999, an ad popped up on the screen for a free trial membership on Match.com--one of the nation's largest matchmaking websites. Looking for a female companion who would share his interest in health and physical fitness to go out to dinner and movies with--and not having met anyone he liked at local church functions--Connor decided to place his profile and photo on the website. Through Match.com he wound up meeting a divorce, Barbara Errickson...