Word: doneness
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Obama struck a good balance by engaging with McCain while not appearing to force Clinton from the race. Republicans finally woke up to the prospect of a potentially disastrous Election Day--but haven't done much to fix things...
...series that harnesses intense interest--for instance, to sell millions of DVDs because fans want to watch the complex episodes repeatedly. In an era of smaller audiences, networks need programs that can monetize a devoted fan base. But that requires assuring the fans--as limiting Lost's run has done--that they won't be jerked around forever. TV may be an excessive medium, but the brilliant, groundbreaking Lost may just show it that quality can beat quantity...
...never complained. He put two children through Princeton, writing each check with pride. "My father, like most Americans, just wanted to know that after a lifetime of hard work and sacrifice that one day, he could put his feet up and look over all that he had done and retire with a little respect and dignity," she says. "That's what most Americans want...
...says she tells the stories to let people know we're not so different from one another, since if we don't realize how much we have in common, we'll never get anything done. And then she lays out her case: the days when a father could support a family on a city worker's salary are long past. She paints a picture of crumbling neighborhoods and failing schools, unavailable health care, shrinking pensions, single parents working double shifts. "This has been the case for my entire lifetime," she says, and warns that "we're raising a generation...
...decide early on that we would launch in September, 2009, despite the warnings from experienced faculty and administrators that even that date was too early. In many cases, departments and faculty had already developed their plans for 09-10, and even if they had not yet done so, they had developed their plans for 08-09, when the course development for the following year would have to take place. Despite these warnings, we decided that we had to push the faculty to gear up for September...