Word: heeding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...second cage when the ropes were too far apart for them to succeed on their own, suggesting that they recognized when they needed assistance. Furthermore, when the exercise was repeated a number of times and the chimps were given a choice between multiple partners, they tended to heed the historical record and chose the helper who had proved a better rope-puller in the past...
...issue through political and diplomatic means." That of course is the express desire of the U.S. and its allies, as well. Which means that if the U.S. is going to be able to enlist Russia and China as partners in solving the Iran nuclear impasse, it may have to heed some of their concerns in other arenas...
...standing vigil Tuesday morning. But by the evening, as five EU ambassadors came to rub shoulders with opposition candidates Alexander Milinkevich and Alexander Kozulin, more people slipped through the police lines, bringing the number of protesters back up to around 7,000. Most importantly, they vowed to heed Milinkevich's call to stay through Saturday - which happens to be Liberty Day, the anniversary of the Belarus People's Republic, an independent state, proclaimed in March 1918 and crushed by the Bolsheviks - when the opposition now plans another mass protest rally. "This regime understands only the language of the street," summed...
...They were laughing at him. A man of traditional views and settled habits, he is comically out of step with the new age. His children would rather watch television than heed his commands on deportment, and even the dog no longer takes him seriously. His wife, fed up with his aloof dignity, has a one-night fling with an American soldier. Determined to regain her affection, Shunsuke goes heavily into debt to build a modern, American-style house. That pile becomes a metaphor for the marriage and much else. The roof leaks. Plants die on the sunbaked veranda. And when...
...printing costs altogether. We certainly do not want to compromise the content of a course in the name of thrift, but to the extent that we can do something, it is irresponsible to neglect the practical burden that high prices impose on students. The College, and professors, ought to heed the UC’s call and work to reduce the costs of coursepacks. These simple measures will have a profound impact on the equality of educational opportunity here, and the College must not hesitate to implement these recommendations with all deliberate speed...