Word: enjoy
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Here in Minnesota, we are carrying on an experiment in democracy, having elected a Governor whom we can especially enjoy because only 37% voted for him and the rest of us are not responsible. This is something new in America, the ironic public servant...
Maybe you don't mind the dents your glasses have carved into the sides of your nose. Maybe you actually enjoy cleaning your contact lenses. But if you're anything like the 160 million other people in the U.S. who wear contact lenses or glasses, then you've probably occasionally wondered what your life would be like with perfect vision. Oh, what a beautiful prospect! No more foggy spectacles on winter days. No more fishing for dropped contacts in the bathroom sink. No more misplaced glasses when you're rushing off to work...
Germans do not enjoy a reputation as fun lovers. But Die Zeit, one of the country's leading newsweeklies, recently started playing six degrees of separation with gusto. According to one social theory, everyone on the planet can be connected to anyone else in six steps. So the paper asked Salah Ben Ghaly, an Iraqi immigrant who owns a local falafel stand, to whom he would most like to be linked. Ghaly, naturally, chose MARLON BRANDO. It took some months, but Die Zeit managed to relate them. A friend of Ghaly's who lives in California works in the same...
...celebrate the children's birthdays. This year Charlene helped Rick and Jean with the down payment for their $230,000, five-bedroom brick home in suburban Dallas. Understanding the needs and changing tastes of each child is one of the secrets of good grandparenting. Joe and Charlene, who enjoy surprising the kids with gifts, consider each child's interests and age, choosing just the right miniature car or Beanie Baby. Bridging the generation divide, Charlene offered advice about poodle skirts and other teen fashions from the '50s when Caryn, 15, needed a costume for a school production of Grease...
...think in general donors prefer to give to something that they can see or feel or enjoy," Knowles said. Libraries, he said, do not give people that pleasure...