Word: inertia
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Between job stress, irreconcilable schedules and general inertia, my live-in boyfriend and I had fallen into a serious sex rut - we weren't having any. So when he suggested last Halloween that we spend the weekend in New Orleans - or, as I like to put it, getting sleazy in the Big Easy - I jumped at the chance...
...ramifications extending across Europe and even back home to the United States, where the political discourse revolves around anti-Islamic name-calling. With our election at hand, Americans should look to Turkey. We need to realize that when these campaigns end, we must move beyond politics of insinuation and inertia. In the rest of the world, the stakes are much higher. Alexander R. Konrad ’11, a Crimson editorial writer, is a history and archaeology joint concentrator in Quincy House...
...than $100,000 in deposits at a single bank, well, congratulations. But you probably want to spread it around. Sometimes people wind up over the FDIC limit simply because banks merge. Bank of America, to take a prime example, started its acquisition binge long before Countrywide and Merrill Lynch. Inertia prevents plenty of people from opening up new accounts elsewhere. Now might be a good time to do that...
Have you ever wondered why you can't get off the couch and exercise - despite paying for an expensive gym membership, despite your New Year's resolutions, even despite the doctor's scolding at your last checkup? Turns out that your inertia may be coded right into your genes...
...sometimes thankful for all the conveniences of home whenever I want to eat quickly, part of me feels guilty for failing to take full advantage of my trip to China—even if my version of China is dominated by futuristic Pudong—when my own inertia overcomes the thrill of living and working in a country hurtling towards the future and trying to preserve its traditions. As eating chickenfish and visiting rural China taught me, uncomfortable encounters in a foreign culture, even if sometimes incredibly awkward, push you to question what motivates people to live life...