Word: conscious
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...themselves are hardly ostentatious: there's a mass, a tea, and prayer service. The most raucous thing on the schedule is a concert by Tony Bennett. Add a tote bag and it'd be a PBS telethon. Indeed, the demographic-pleasing tenor of the events reeks of a self-conscious desire to highlight all soft-focus interest groups that come with the Pelosi package: Italian, female, Catholic, grandmother. With so many facets illuminated, perhaps Pelosi's people are hoping no one notices what's been left out: the only nod to Pelosi's actual home district and voting record...
...incestuous, trend-conscious world of international art collectors and the hot money of the hundreds of new millionaires that China's boom has created come together, it could push prices for Chinese art to even more dizzying levels. "You are already seeing works that sold for a few thousand dollars being bought for $50,000, $60,000, $70,000," says artist and Beijing gallery director Zhao Gang. "And right now there's no end in sight." He cites the case of Zeng Fanzhi, until recently a relatively unknown artist. "Two years ago, I was selling his work...
...with 15.2 points per game, was limited to four points on 2-of-13 shooting, thanks to the efforts of Goffredo and strong help defense from the entire team.“We did a great job on [Blackwood],” Housman said. “Everyone was conscious of where he was the whole time. We made it a focus the second half--as long as you know where he is the whole time, you’re able to get a hand up, it’s going to be harder for him to score...
...life—drunk-driving arrests, anti-Semitic tirades, “Lethal Weapon 4”—you can still make millions of dollars in Hollywood. 2. Al Gore’s sensibly casual suit, “The Inconvenient Truth”: What environmentally conscious 19-year-old wouldn’t want to be Al Gore for a day? Add a “Give ‘em hell Al!” Marc Jacobs tote, and you’re ready to combat global warming, one carbon emitting clothing company at a time...
...fact, Amutah has his softer side: he is a TeaLuxe devotee and adores his mother’s farina, a traditional Nigerian dish. He arrived at Harvard hoping to become an entertainment lawyer, but shifted gears to pursue advocacy and social change, increasingly conscious of his Trenton, N.J. roots. He switched concentrations from English to African studies, and developed an affinity for Marx. Amutah criticizes Harvard students who realize that their career choices will have an adverse effect on society, but “don’t care enough to change [them...