Word: lightness
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...mean we have anything to say: children bicker and fidget and daydream; parents stew over the remains of the day. Often the richest conversations, the moments of genuine intimacy, take place somewhere else, in the car, say, on the way back from soccer at dusk, when the low light and lack of eye contact allow secrets to surface...
...partners made a deal not to enumerate the "carrots"? and "sticks" before a European delegation presents them privately to Iranian leaders.? But they are known to include the enticement of a light water power reactor - whose radioactive fuel is hard to convert to use in a bomb - and the specter of? punishments ranging from? bank account freezes and travel bans to a full-scale economic embargo...
...European package, according to drafts leaked to the media, will offer Tehran wide-ranging economic incentives, including the construction of a light-water nuclear reactor (which is difficult to use for bomb fuel) and the supply of reactor fuel. It would also offer Iran membership of a Gulf region security body whose principles include non-interference - a very roundabout way of addressing the issue of security guarantees...
...fragile state of the Lascaux cave caused readers to wonder anew at the treasures in southwestern France, and to worry over the threats posed both by natural damage and by the French authorities, who at times have seemed most concerned with protecting themselves Thank you for shining a worldwide light on the crisis in Lascaux, France [May 15]. Clearly the cave and its irreplaceable paintings are still at grave risk. The French government must end its secretive handling of the cave, the crisis and attempted treatments. A truly international, independent group of scientists and experts in cave art and conservation...
...Even so, few in the neighborhood expect the Marines to be adequately punished for their role in the massacre. They point to the Abu Ghraib trials, which many Iraqis feel have resulted in only light sentences for the offending guards. Asked what punishment would be appropriate for those who killed the 24 Iraqis on Hay al-Sinnani, Raseef responds angrily, ?There's only one appropriate punishment: a bullet in the head...