Word: decentered
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...crusader who took on some of the toughest fights of his day—against mobbed-up unions, for example, and in favor of the civil rights movement—Kennedy, like Spitzer, was seen by critics as ruthless and arrogant. Supporters, on the other hand, saw a fundamentally decent man with the spine to effect change...
...mind, Jersey has energy. Jersey has a sense of humor about itself. Jersey has an in-your-face attitude. And Trenton is large enough that you could imagine that it would have a decent amount of crime. It has this small-town kind of environment, second-generation Americans, working-class people. This is my background. This is what I feel comfortable with...
...while away the time. The cooking bit is easy enough, but shopping for ingredients can be life-threatening. And not just for foreigners: markets are a favorite target of suicide bombers, and hundreds of Iraqis have been killed while buying groceries and vegetables. There are a couple of halfway decent supermarkets, but getting to either requires navigating through some of the most frequently attacked roads in Baghdad. My favorite store is in the Mansour district, once an upscale neighborhood but now the scene of almost daily kidnappings, gun battles and explosions...
...each other." Things today are far more civilized. Each of the 181 licensed fishermen in Steele's Southern Zone is limited to a maximum catch: no more than 159.3 kg per lobster pot per October?May season. Once you reach that limit, you're on holidays, though usually with decent spending money. As the 17-m fiberglass lobster on the edge of town suggests, Kingston's prosperity depends in no small way on the success of its fishermen, most of whose catch is exported to Asia...
...mail is used sparingly, if at all. "The outside world is a TV world," says Boyle. "This community, where their relatives and friends live, that's their world." The school and elders are trying to equip children with enterprise skills, he adds, so they can eventually earn a decent living at Yiyili-through art, horticulture, and tourism. "This place can be the modern world for them," he says. "They don't have to leave here if they don't want...