Word: hugs
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Indeed, the court's term was something of a group hug between the liberal and conservative Justices. The Supremes were far less divided than they seemed last year, when they sniped at one another in unusually personal terms. Despite some high-profile splits at the end, only 17% of the cases were decided by 5-4 votes--down sharply from the previous term, in which 33% of the cases were 5-4 splits. Cases upholding voter-ID requirements, execution by lethal injection, federal efforts to curb child pornography, and the detention of American citizens in Iraq were decided unanimously...
...Hug Your Rival Even after a long, hard primary fight (and sometimes because of it), the ultimate winner almost always has to consider bringing the loser aboard the ticket. That's what Ronald Reagan did when he picked George H.W. Bush in 1980 and how John Kerry came to choose John Edwards in 2004. Sometimes party unity simply demands it. "We ended up with the obvious choice," says adviser Bob Shrum of Kerry's decision to tap Edwards. "People in the party overwhelmingly wanted...
...enough reason to keep praising our mutilated world. "Alone in your favorite chair/ with a book you enjoy/ is fine," he writes at the end of one poem. "But spooning/ is even better." Even a past as turbulent as Lee's, it seems, can be wiped away by a hug in the here...
With signs ranging from “Hug a Recycler” to “Switching to CFLs is the sexiest and greenest thing you can do,” undergraduates descended upon the Malkin Athletic Center quad Saturday to learn about different ways to contribute to sustainability. The Environmental Action Committee (EAC) sponsored the event that brought together an array of campus groups—from the Harvard College Democrats to the Harvard Outing Club—to encourage students to be involved in environmental efforts. “We are trying to make this a community event...
...decided to keep a gratitude journal and every night I wrote down what I was grateful for. It's really hard to do when you've just lost your mother, but there was stuff every day. There was a really good bagel or there was a hug from one of my kids. There was something every day. It really shifts your thinking in a healthier...