Word: hint
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...evidence definitive? Not yet. But it does hint that nature has a powerful sense of poetic justice...
...society. Sociologists predict that both military and monastic life will become more popular. But these institutions will only be able to soak up a limited number of men, and the government fears a rise in crime, prostitution and drug use as a swarm of bachelors roam the countryside. A hint of that future has already arrived in Shaanxi's Qiaogou village, where children play under a dusty apple tree, tossing scraps of vegetables as makeshift toys. The noise is the raucous glee of boys being boys. There is only one girl playing among them. Seven-year-old Xiaochun is astonished...
...tourists. Every Omani will tell you how beautiful the mountains are, though few have actually made the day trip. Locals warn that it's risky to try to get to the fabled mountain villages, where terraced gardens bloom. They mention an unyielding police check-post, treacherous roads and hint at other, mysterious dangers. But my companions and I were not discouraged, not least because Arabs have a charming knack for hyperbole...
...evidence definitive? Not yet. But it does hint that nature has a powerful sense of poetic justice...
...Self-scrutiny is good government. So is a little restraint, and to hint that the administration wasn't trying to prevent what became the 9/11 tragedy is unfair. And so, for standing there from the very start - for that being in fact his job description - Ari Fleischer gets our sympathy vote for TIME.com's Person of the Week...