Word: foregoing
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...paper, Viscusi and economics grad student Joseph E. Aldy ask: how much income are we willing to forego in order to decrease our risk of mortality...
...paper, Viscusi and economics grad student Joseph E. Aldy ask: how much income are we willing to forego in order to decrease our risk of mortality...
Moderation has become increasingly prevalent among both the Israeli and Palestinian populations as the conflict has dragged on for an ever longer period of time, which might partly explain the recent willingness of Hamas and other groups to forego acts of violence. Yet militant elements still enjoy strong support in the West Bank and Gaza, and their peacefulness may not last if they continue to be shut out of power. Abbas and Sharon need to recognize that these groups cannot be ignored and can only be destroyed at a cost in human lives and Palestinian bitterness so high...
...your credit or irritate your friends (which it will), but because the iPod is an elitist, antisocial device that provokes the kind of class divisions of which only Karl Marx would approve. The campus is already divided between the conversation-loving proletariat and the expanding bourgeoisie who choose to forego all verbal communication with fellow students and withdraw entirely into the acoustic bliss of the iPod, or some inferior substitute. Don’t join the ranks of the latter...
...stage of thinking that is verbally represented on paper becomes the one frozen in time. Publication is codification, and codification is king. And Google will matter-of-factly display whatever we put forth, with no remorse, regret or qualifications. If we exude humility the first time around, however, we forego the characteristic confidence and pizzazz of a gripping piece...