Word: discoverer
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“The trouble with being too detailed and too specific, is that in time one may discover that one was simply wrong about those matters, or that they turn out to be—for perfectly legitimate reasons—unfeasible,” said Rudenstine. ?...
Faced with the reality of my limitations, I decided I had to throw out my old definition of “doing well” and find another one. I busied myself with “soul-searching” activities that now seem silly—like enrolling in...
The violence has reverberations far beyond Nigeria. Oil rose above $50 a barrel for the first time when in 2004 a Nigerian Muslim militant threatened to attack the industry, while fears that the April 2007 elections would trigger renewed violence were a factor in driving the price above $66 in...
At 46, Kidjo shows no signs of mellowing. If anything, her travels with unicef and her gathering fame have only strengthened her faith in music as the great unifier. Running through a sales report for her last album, she was amazed to discover that she's a hit in Malaysia...
Afolabi, who began writing while taking an evening class at London's City Lit adult education institute, says he was surprised to discover this bleakness in his stories: "I had no idea that there was so much despair in them. I'd never consciously thought about what I was writing...