Word: dwelling
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...evolve...Putting lipstick on a bulldog won’t transform enough,/Makeup can’t hide everything; change takes deeper stuff./Shift the mood, adjust your attitude, before you go online;/Find new habits of mind, don’t just dwell on what’s behind...
...undermanned Harvard squad, though, refused to dwell on the loss...
...classroom teachers, contend that many test-prep activities--such as skimming instead of reading passages or speedily filling in bubble sheets--do nothing to really expand brainpower or knowledge. For example, a Kaplan guide to the writing section of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills counsels students not to dwell on spelling and punctuation: "If you write a deeply moving essay with atrocious grammar, you might still get a...passing score." Says Walt Haney, a testing expert at Boston College: "My main worry is that students will learn how to take tests but not how to think." Maria Aguilar...
...Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest by Tashi Tenzing (McGraw-Hill; 294 pages), grandson of Tenzing Norgay, gives a face to the Sherpa heroes, representatives of "a people whose loyalty and personal integrity have earned them a reputation worldwide to equal that of the great mountain, beneath which they dwell." Many of these so-called tigers of the snow paid the ultimate price: by 1990, 43 of Everest's 115 fatalities were Sherpas...
...rare form of muscular dystrophy that keeps him on a ventilator; the disease killed his two brothers and sister. His mother also has MD. Mattie showed his gift for poetry early on--at age 3. Although he almost died this summer, he has too many plans to dwell on his health. "My life mission is to spread peace to the world," he said. Next up: a speaking tour...