Word: consciously
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...combining musical messages with social emancipation is a vital part of his identity. Growing up as an Asian American in Amherst, Mass. in the 1960s, he says, “I’d faced racism ever since the day I’d become conscious as a young kid at age three.” “I was hit with the tidal wave of Black Power and the Black Arts movement,” he says of his teenage years. African American music and culture gave him a way to understand his Asian American identity...
...Take the Zen Train” represents a new development in Ho’s philosophy that occurred after he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2006. His entire approach to music has become part of a much more organic, earth-conscious process, and he is now focusing on a new project, the Green Monster Big Band. “The old Fred Ho that engaged in whatever produced the toxicity that led to my cancer, that path cannot be returned to now. I’m a part-time farmer now, farmer Fred. I’m about four...
...mortality rate of uninsured victims was found to be 80 percent higher than the rate for insured individuals, though the authors said there was no evidence of conscious bias by doctors...
...This strategy is a conscious rejection of the Bush Administration's approach, which was never big on deference. The challenge for the President is that with almost a year in office, he has little to show for his global charm campaign beyond a Nobel Prize, soaring international poll approval and the promise of many more diplomatic dialogues to come. As Obama's foreign policy ambitions move beyond the introductory phase, harder questions are coming to the fore: When does politeness lapse into passivity? When does seeking common ground erode the soil that anchors American priorities...
There was a period, especially last year, when all the fan sites were saying Kristen Stewart was a snob. What was that about, and how did you deal with it? I was so caught off guard and intimidated by that whole thing. I was very conscious of it and very concerned that people were concerned about what I had to say about something I really loved. I was just so guarded about sounding insincere that I would literally refrain from saying things like, I put my heart and soul into this movie and f______ love it. Because I thought they...