Word: fitful
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...studying happiness contagion in perhaps the largest social network of all, Facebook. They noticed that people who smiled in their Facebook profile pictures tended to have other friends who smiled. This might simply be peer pressure at work, with members feeling obliged to flash a smile to fit in with the rest of the group, but Christakis and Fowler are investigating whether there isn't a more infectious phenomenon at work...
...that the cafeteria would become part of the school's curriculum. I mean, 20% of the [nation's] population is in school! The way I could [see] this happening is the way JFK talked about physical education. He spoke to everyone in this country, saying that we were not fit for the new frontier and that we had to take a course in P.E. We needed to get graded on it and it needed to be a part of the core curriculum in every school...
...hypocritical and protectionist. It has a strong case. Under NAFTA, Mexican trucks were meant to be roaming some U.S. roads in 1995 and the width and breadth of the whole country by 2000. However, successive U.S. administrations could not say no to Teamster complaints that Mexican trucks were not fit for the interstates. Finally, both sides agreed on the pilot program to break the deadlock...
...grand bargain" that addresses all areas of conflict, and speaking of integrating Iran's current regime into a responsible role in the international community, the President expressed an openness to accommodating some of Tehran's key concerns. But Obama also emphasized that "terror and arms" did not fit with the responsibilities attached to Iran's resuming its rightful place in the community of nations...
...others,” Lee says. Because of the significance that these styles of music have had on American culture, it seems only natural that they would inevitably be institutionalized. It may seem difficult for an organization dedicated to such a broad and ill-defined category of music to fit into a community known for its rigorous and intense focus, but O’Connor seems to have faith in the clubs place at Harvard. “We’ve been attracting great musicians who enjoy playing many different styles,” he says...