Word: consciousnesses
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That is good news for TV manufacturers and retailers because people over 50 tend to have more disposable income. But boomers can be cheap, er, price conscious. When a March 2005 Harris Interactive survey asked consumers whether they planned to buy an HDTV within a year, it found a relatively small age gap: 32% of 18-to-27-year-olds said yes, as did 28% of those 40 to 58 and 23% of those 59 or older. But although 29% of consumers in the youngest group said they would be willing to spend...
...family name has been a significant presence in government—and at Harvard—for generations.As a student at Harvard, Lamont was quite aware of his family’s extensive influence on the University, he said. But his friends said that he did not seem self-conscious about his last name.Lamont was a fourth generation legacy student whose great-grandfather—Thomas W. Lamont, class of 1892—was a partner at J.P. Morgan and the donor who gave Lamont Library its name.Lamont’s first-year roommate, Frank D. McPhillips...
...student at Harvard, Lamont said that he was quite aware of his family’s extensive influence on the University. But his friends said that he did not seem self-conscious about his last name...
Like many Iraqis, Wisam likes to drive pedal to the metal, and while it's a good idea to get away from Amariyah as fast as possible, I am acutely conscious that I'm not wearing my seat belt. Iraqis never wear one, and for me to buckle up would be like sticking a FOREIGNER ON BOARD sign on the windshield, a bad idea in a city where kidnapping gangs are known to cruise for lucrative targets. As an Indian, I can often pass for a local if I keep my mouth shut--my Arabic is rudimentary--but in public...
...cared for them. He knew their names and asked about their projects. At one garrison it was alternative medicine, growing plants and making extracts. At another it was special-operations training. He ate with the men and joked with them. He is a fine yarn teller, never too self-conscious to act a story out. He turns his head sideways when he listens to you and looks at you, not intensively like Fidel but more quizzically. Unlike Fidel, who takes no breaks from work for simple pleasures, Raúl likes a good time, enjoying cockfights and horses...