Word: conscious
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...real drama lies in whether Craig and Raina will have sex. Self-conscious, filled with associations of sex with abuse and punishment - hellish flames lick the background as he puts on his pajamas - Craig feels deeply conflicted. Thompson does a wonderful job of recreating the chemistry between the nurturing Raina and the lonely Craig. You can feel that special, adolescent magnetism that comes from two alienated teenagers. In a key moment, Raina gives Craig a crazy-quilt blanket that she made. In return she asks him to paint a mural on her bedroom wall. In Raina, Craig finds his muse...
...funeral, one of Kelan’s friends, Darren Bone, said, “He died doing the job he loved most.” The Fusiliers’ commanding officer, Brigadier Roy Wilde, praised him: “He was outstanding, friendly, supportive and he was very conscious of being a member of a team—and it was as a member of that team that he gave his life...
...right now, the game in Washington is to pin the blame for the fact that a fib, conscious or unconscious, made it into the State of the Union address. And in a summer news trough, that's bad news for the White House...
Pity the automaker trying to pitch a new car to today's style-conscious young American. That customer lives at the end of a bumpy, uphill road--as shown by the early response to Honda's Element. A boxy, SUV-like vehicle launched last year, the Element is what Honda calls a "dorm room on wheels." It was designed to appeal to young drivers who want to pile in gear and friends; TV ads show sexy college-age kids taking it to the beach and partying beside it. It's an alluring image--especially, it turns out, if your hair...
...outlook on the future of race-conscious admissions policies in the wake of the Court’s rulings was optimistic...