Word: dwelled
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...future plans, Lue says that he is too preoccupied with his current responsibilities to dwell on what is to come. “I think perhaps one of my flaws is that I’m so consumed by the idea of the now, doing what I want to do right now,” he says laughing. “It’s nuts. It’s kind of a crazy life...
...core knowledge and what educators call "portable skills"--critical thinking, making connections between ideas and knowing how to keep on learning--the U.S. curriculum needs to become more like that of Singapore, Belgium and Sweden, whose students outperform American students on math and science tests. Classes in these countries dwell on key concepts that are taught in depth and in careful sequence, as opposed to a succession of forgettable details so often served in U.S. classrooms. Textbooks and tests support this approach. "Countries from Germany to Singapore have extremely small textbooks that focus on the most powerful and generative ideas...
...Crimson (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) can’t afford to dwell on the loss, as it prepares for a Big Green (1-5, 1-2 Ivy) team that is riding some momentum coming off of a victory against Columbia, its first of the season...
...news reports at the time. After the warrant’s issue, Almog landed at Heathrow Airport with plans to attend a fundraiser for handicapped children. Before British authorities could apprehend him at the airport, he fled the country. In yesterday’s speech, Machover did not dwell on the Belfer Center’s selection of Almog as a senior fellow. The event was sponsored by the Harvard Society for Arab Students, Harvard’s Alliance for Justice in the Middle East, the Kennedy School of Government’s Palestine Awareness Committee, and Harvard Law School?...
...peace, so when we sat down to consider what should be a theme for our 60th anniversary issue, we didn't want to dwell on either the force of arms or politics. We were conscious that Europe had changed, and in many ways for the better - but we knew that it still had great challenges ahead. So we set out to produce an issue with the theme Europe's New Frontiers. Jim Ledbetter, a senior editor of Time Atlantic who masterminded the project, says, "From the beginning, when we asked writers to suggest stories, it became clear that we were...