Word: merely
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...incredible defensive presence for their team.”Forward Adam Wire and guard Chris Wroblewski played key roles for the home team, combining for 31 points off the bench, as Wroblewski went an impressive five-of-six from beyond the arc.Despite junior Jeremy Lin scoring a mere 11 points, the Crimson offense had a few bright spots. Senior Drew Housman’s veteran presence led the way with team-highs of 16 points and 6 assists, and freshman Max Kenyi used his athleticism to slash to the basket and draw fouls, going eight-of-nine from the charity...
...directed for Imax, after Deep Sea 3-D and Into the Deep 3-D. Shot mostly in coral reefs around Indonesia and Australia, this one required lugging enormous equipment (total weight: 8,000 lb.) about in boats and logging vast numbers of hours under the sea for a mere 40 minutes of screen time. But the brevity of the film, and the spectacular oddness of the creatures, leave you - and, perhaps more crucially, your children - wanting more. Awww moments, the tentpoles of so many nature documentaries, are mostly reserved for the sea lions, who apparently enjoy looking at themselves...
Secondhand smoke, once considered a mere nuisance, has proved to be far more harmful. It can lead to lung cancer and heart disease, exacerbate asthma and cause pneumonia and bronchitis in babies. Now, a new study links it to another serious condition: dementia in adults...
...holds that Obama should wait until after the Iranian presidential election in June before making an approach. With any luck, Ahmadinejad will lose - perhaps to his more moderate predecessor, Mohammed Khatami, who has a history of reaching out to the West. Even if Ahmadinejad is re-elected, Khatami's mere entry into the fray may force him to open up, says Ali Ansari, an Iran expert at London's Chatham House, a foreign policy think tank. "The one thing Khatami can deliver is better relations with the U.S. Ahmadinejad will want to cancel that out by saying...
...such intimate moments. Smith’s resonating intimacy and the role of the onlooker she assigns the reader force an examination of the relationship between spectator and spectacle. Smith engages the question of how this relationship might shape the reader’s identity. Does the mere act of observing become a part of our experience? Can a narrative strategy effectively mimic such an experience?In posing these questions, Smith weaves together her collection of stories with an appeal to her readers’ common experiences. Exploring a compilation of everyday occurrences—from small conversations with someone...