Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...middle one is cute. But I didn't begrudge what tween America feels for the group, because I do know this: Kids need to love things. And when they find something, they love it to pieces. The world is so fresh, their attention so intense, that any object they fix on - a toy, a TV show, the Harry Potter books, a new friend - becomes an object of the deepest, most transporting obsession, the purest form of first love. Anyone who was ever a child knows this; we all went through...
...struck a nerve with angry denunciations of Obama's plan. "See if we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages," CNBC's Rick Santelli demanded - and the gut level reaction of millions of taxpayers across the country was, unquestionably, no. Not if we have a choice. (Read: "How to Fix the Housing Market...
...breed new crop varieties, Fowler says we need to begin preparing now for the agricultural challenges of the future, using Svalbard's contents to build and breed new crops. "We've ignored the infrastructure of agriculture for too long," he says. "It's in our self-interest to fix this." The Svalbard vault may be a last resort, but it should also be the start of new Green Revolution...
...Building a Better Tiger Asian leaders for years have recognized the need to reduce dependence upon exports to the developed world. But as long as the engine wasn't broke, they weren't inclined to make extraordinary efforts to fix it. Now, it appears Asia's primary growth driver is, at the very least, badly bent. Meaningful reforms that diversify the sources of economic growth may be needed if the region is to avert a prolonged period of moribund economic activity...
...sure I've ever met anybody more straight-laced...When I tried to fix him up with dates, I'd tell them, 'He's a really nice guy, but very serious. At the end of the night, though, if you ask him in for a cup of tea, that's all he's going to ask for.'" - Seattle teacher Carol Austin, on longtime friend Locke, The Seattle Times...