Word: mattering
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...other day, a friend of mine made a heartfelt confession. I’d known it was coming, and I was prepared to offer support. I swaddled her shoulders in a rainbow blanket, played Elton John softly in the background, and reassured her that no matter what, she would always be the same person. This was only one small facet of her personality, and it wouldn’t change the way we thought about her. If anything, we would love her more for her honesty...
...Officially, that closes the book on the matter, which arose from a brief relationship that Strauss-Kahn initiated in January with the IMF's then-head of its Africa department, Hungarian economist Piroska Nagy. Now the question is whether the former French Finance Minister and Socialist Party presidential hopeful can move past the considerable distraction the scandal has caused, and turn to the rising chorus of voices calling to make the IMF central to the world's effort to face the surging financial and economic crisis...
...naturally dirty sport," there are several basic precautions athletes can take to lower the chance of catching an infection. Many athletes shave their ankles, legs, and arms because they don't want athletic tape ripping hair off their bodies, but experts say they should lose the razor. "No matter how careful the shaving is, you can have nicks and microscopic cuts in the skin," says Dr. Daniel Sexton, an infectious disease specialist at the Duke University Medical Center, who consults for an NFL team and several college programs. "Any time you break that barrier, it becomes a portal through which...
...This is the failure that lies at the heart of “W.” No matter how deeply Stone delves into Junior’s psychology, the unavoidable fact remains that Stone has neither anything new to say nor a novel way to say it. A gripping presidential biopic needs insight and nuanced, thorough storytelling, but Stone’s decision to rush the movie to release before the election—it was shot in a mere 46 days—certainly shows...
...legitimate sources of party funding under British law are individuals listed on British electoral registers and British companies. Osborne and Feldman vigorously deny soliciting funding from Deripaska, a foreign national, or discussing ways to circumvent the rules. Despite calls led by Prime Minister Brown for an investigation into the matter, the Electoral Commission indicated that it saw no need for such inquiries and Tony Wright, a Labour MP who chaired the parliamentary committee that investigated a funding scandal during Blair's final term, also suggested the Tories were in the clear. "We are not talking about corruption here...