Word: decentering
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...back and then hold it steady enough to hit a four-inch circle at 50 meters is an activity most certainly undertaken by men - oh, and the untold platoons of Nordic Amazons who could twist me into a pretzel. Now that I can handle the thing, and make a decent show of myself as a ski-borne marksman, I realize that my gun has contributed directly to an increase my self-esteem. This makes me love it even more...
...country's number one concern. Our nation's economy needs a highly educated workforce, they tell us, if we are going to be able to compete in the new global economy. A college education, they warn us, is now a necessary ticket to a middle-class and decent paying job. And a strong democracy, they sometimes point out, depends on well-educated and informed citizens...
...experience of being an Everyman - a decent, caring person in a hostile world - was essential to Charlie Brown's character, as it was to Charles Schulz's. We recognized ourselves in him - in his doomed ballgames, his deep awareness of death, his stoicism in the face of life's disasters - because he was willing to admit that just to keep on being Charlie Brown was an exhausting and painful process. "You don't know what it's like to be a barber's son," Charlie Brown tells Schroeder. He remembers how it felt to see tears running down his father...
Hanks has often played a decent man isolated--in his mind (Forrest Gump), his disease (Philadelphia), his bereavement (Sleepless in Seattle) or outer space (Apollo 13). As Chuck, he finds his best, most resourceful self in isolation. So does William Broyles Jr.'s script; the 80 minutes it spends on the atoll alone with Hanks make for engrossing storytelling. The film is less sure-footed back in civilization, with the girl Chuck left behind (Hunt). For its soul is on the beach, in its gradually unfolding secrets, its new perils and triumphs. The film has loved inhabiting the real estate...
...limit for annual contributions to a Roth or traditional IRA could be raised from $2,000 to $5,000 and for 401(k) plans from $10,500 to $15,000. There's a decent chance that the income ceiling to be eligible for a Roth ($160,000 per household, $110,000 for singles) would be indexed to inflation...