Word: minding
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...divisive politics, and had been caught up in the panicky xenophobia that swept the nation in response not only to the arrival of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, but also to the growing visibility and affluence of Australia's nonwhite communities. All this went through my mind as I watched them dance, sing and wave their new battle standard in the sea breeze...
...analogies do important work - they make us understand - but they also have knock-on effects. If stocks "skyrocket," you probably want to get onboard. After all, a rocket goes from the ground up into the heavens. Sounds pretty good. Never mind that a more appropriate metaphor might be a roller-coaster...
...event started coming together. And it came off so beautifully. I think it was ... it's one of those events that stand out in my mind as, This is why I'm here - to help make this possible and to see the faces on those girls as they entered the East Room in all its glory and to be sitting around these tables with women they saw on TV or saw on the news, and to have them having real conversations. Alicia Keyes, who's the idol of every single girl under 30 probably - when she came in, she literally...
...those events," she says looking back, "that stand out in my mind as, This is why I'm here...
...vote. "Therefore, my decision on its ratification is not on the agenda for the time being." The president's followers in the Senate also plan to challenge the treaty in the Constitutional Court, the Czech Republic's highest court, and Klaus has said he won't make up his mind before the verdict...