Word: hermitization
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...institutions in countries such as Nigeria, it would appear that the situation could quickly develop into a blackmail of the global financial assistance system. This is why President Obasanjo's threat to the western world--that if the external debt is not forgiven Nigeria will be forced into a hermit situation to save money--appears to be not so much of a threat...
When the notoriously travel-phobic Kubrick invited the couple to his house in the English countryside, they were surprised to find a warm family man, not the weird hermit of the press clippings. Cruise and Kubrick, both pilots (though Kubrick refused to fly later in life), ended up debating the effect of aviation on World War II. "Stanley was not what you expected. He was very open," says Cruise...
...moment over the frozen actors. As each character's features congeal into an expression of immobility they betray a deeper trouble beneath their loveloss. There we see how terrible it is that Lloyd's jealousy is toppled over the edge by a carefully sounded out description of a hermit crab. We see one hundred and fifty-four dollars changing melodrama into tragedy...
Dobegin to let your thesis dominate your life. It is normal, if not healthy, to minimize your extracurricular commitments, put little effort into other classes and become something of a hermit. But don't forget to take breaks and have fun. In the end, whether you get a magna or magna plus will depend more on how unique your topic is, how good a writer you are and who your readers are than on whether you stayed in that night in February instead of going out to drink or see a movie with your roommates. When the weeks start...
...garden is vertical as well as horizontal. On its floor sea stars crawl on their bellies like fat recruits in basic training. Above them swim the gulping bells of the jellies. In the intertidal zone limpets and other mollusks graze on algae in the rocks. Cancer crabs attack hermit crabs. An anemone divides to reproduce and becomes its own sibling. On the surface the kelp flattens into canopies, 3 ft. thick, that weaken the waves and provide otters with hammocks, where they snooze...