Word: concerned
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...global conversation these days, there's one constant, no matter where you are - concern over the state of the planet. Whether it's climate change, pollution, habitat depletion, a lack of clean water or the loss of precious species, people everywhere worry about where we are going and how we can ensure that we hand the earth on to the next generation in as good a shape as possible...
...more intrigued, however, by the different responses of my schoolmates in the days that followed. As a black student, I know that what I say about race will be understood by many to carry a particular bias on this issue. But the truth is that this issue does concern race: not because of the large police presence at a party hosted by a black student group, and not because a black student is talking about it. It is a racial issue because of who threw the party and because of which students knew the group existed before this incident; because...
...Leach said of Bollinger’s introduction of Ahmadinejad. “I can’t tell you I would have been enthusiastic about inviting him to speak, but I was certainly dismayed at the comments” made by Bollinger.Leach’s concern for academic courtesy is characteristic, colleagues say, of a nature that displays more of the professor than the politician. “His academic demeanor made him stand out,” said Christopher Cox, current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and a 17-year Republican member of the House...
...according to their degree of interest and have the opportunity to translate excerpts of correspondence and read source material in the original French. Finally, Darnton envisioned linking printers to binding machines so that readers can print their own hard copy of the book. Preservation librarian Jan Merrill-Oldham expressed concern about Darnton’s proposal in a question-and-answer session after his speech. “Things can be confusing” when an original text evolves into “infinite versions,” she said. “Do you think it?...
...times less than Sarkozy's new take. That income level has largely stagnated since 2000, when companies froze salaries to compensate for productivity losses they anticipated from the new 35-hour workweek. With the passage of time and inflation, that has placed a strain on purchasing power - a concern listed by voters at the top of many polls. "Just as the French people are worrying about their purchasing power, the government increases presidential payment by 140%," said Socialist Party legislator Aurélie Filippetti before parliament. "Aren't there greater injustices to be addressed...