Word: joyful
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...American undergraduates. They are going to need to understand how others from other cultures think and behave and they need to be able to adapt to those differences. The marked differences between, say, Harvard and Oxford, usually prove to be a source of extraordinary benefit and considerable joy, but not for everyone, especially if one matriculates at Oxford with false expectations or for the wrong reasons...
...turned out, was to employ distributed computer power, using viewers' own PCs to speed video along. Having developed similar person-to-person networks for Kazaa and Skype--to transmit music files and phone calls through the Net--Joost's engineers finally nailed the solution last summer. Shouts of joy went up when they streamed their first video. It depicted, appropriately enough, sharks circling prey...
...having a transcript, should you need it. Multiply these four opinions by the number of other writers in the book and you can sense the difficulty—or, rather, the charming frustration—of this collaborative “guide” to writing. But the true joy of the collection is the strength of the writing included in it. The famed heroes and rock stars of the book do not fail to present interesting theories of nonfiction and nuggets of advice. Tom Wolfe details four technical devices of a novel that can assist narrative journalists...
...spent in the backyard playing out that defining moment. The moment when the spotlight shines solely on you. That singular instance where you realize that you, after the many hours of work and dedication, finally made it. And now, as your mouth is too numb to speak and the joy sets upon you, your index finger, raised high into the air, expresses all that needs to be said...“We’re number...
...lyricist Paul Smith. He’s dreamy enough to be a frontman, but he’s saddled with an unblinking intensity that can’t help but unnerve fawning girls. While his winsome lyrics bring Split Enz to mind, his clenched, discomfiting stage presence recalls Joy Division’s Ian Curtis. Whether or not you want to move closer, you’re drawn in—as promised, Maxïmo burns through hooks at their own light-speed velocity. The verses are obliquely scientific but the closing mantra gets personal: “Love...