Word: craving
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...individuals after they have kids. It's being a unique, creative individual through your kids that's disturbing. Pierce whatever body part you want, having a kid is not alternative: it's been the norm since we stopped reproducing by division. And while toddlers may love punk rock, they crave routine and predictability...
...civility are essential. These are the collaborative qualities without which no institution of higher learning, no matter how rich or famous, can flourish. We assume fundamental administrative competence, honesty in matters great and small, and a rightly regulated ambition as essential to the job, but beyond these, we crave a president whom we can both trust and admire and to whose leadership among us we willingly consent...
...leadership in Europe, London today is quickly gaining ground on New York City. While the combined market capitalizations of U.S. companies listed on the n.y.s.e. and nasdaq dwarf the City's London Stock Exchange (lse), London has proved far better at attracting the new share listings that investment banks crave. In 2006, for example, 91 foreign companies chose to sell new shares on London's stock exchanges - more than four times the number of overseas listings in New York, according to consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers. London's smaller domestic business means that "if you're going to flourish, you have to look...
...huge one at that. The sprawling beachfront resort consists of three stylish hotels (the grand Palace; the smaller, exclusive Residence & Spa; and the bustling Arabian Court with its domes, arches and intoxicating shisha aroma), eight restaurants, 15 boutiques and 26 hectares of gardens. But if you become overwhelmed and crave a little more intimacy, then retreat to the resort's traditional Hammam (Turkish bath). This beautiful, warm sanctuary, with its intricate mosaics and splendid dome, is a place where the outside world melts away. I chose the Ritual treatment, where I disrobed and was bathed by my therapist before entering...
...CRAVE HUMAN CONTACT" from Jan. 2 and a lengthier post on New Year’s Day ("as one chapter of loneliness closes, another vast empty year begins.... sad self-pitying existence") have both risen to the top of boredatlamont’s "week’s best" list. Other confessions—such as "I’m so depressed…I’m useless" from Jan 3rd—are dishearteningly frequent...