Word: minding
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...come next year, as I’m shopping that dreaded Lit-C core, my mind will be less on Greek myths than on daydreams of my skis carving through fresh powder, during the intersession that could have been. Everybody should treasure this last intersession—I know I will...
...childhood illness was paralyzed from the waist down. She refused to use a wheelchair, and instead grabbed and crawled her way through the physical and metaphoric world. In the painting we can see only her back, laid out on the yellow grasses, tending all the force of her mind and body toward the gray, dilapidated farmhouse at the top of the long hill. This is not an ideal of the way life once was, but rather, at least as I see it, a parable of just dealing with it, which Wyeth happened to set in the fields of Pennsylvania that...
...addition, the consequences of such a ruling will be felt disproportionately along the socioeconomic spectrum, as socioeconomically disadvantaged citizens are more likely to be harassed by police officers. Racial minorities will likely suffer from increased mistreatment too. Bearing in mind that these vulnerable groups often lack adequate legal defense and counsel, this ruling will cause many injustices...
...Many employees are choosing to stay put. "Changing jobs right now is not on my mind," says Imran Sayeed, 30, a software engineer with Satyam. "The slowdown has impacted the job market, and I don't see any immediate problem with Satyam given the recent developments with the board." Some employees say they're staying out of loyalty to the company. "I can't deny that I'm in a dilemma," says D. Ramesh Krishnan, another software engineer. "I have been with Satyam for 10 years ... I feel a certain affiliation to the organization. But I also worry about...
...Bush clearly had these examples in mind as he wove an inventory of the familiar American virtues into the fabric of his urgent priorities. "In the 21st century," he said, "security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad." This was one more formulation of Bush's central philosophy, which he said is threatened by the rise of an isolationist and protectionist mood. "If America does not lead the cause of freedom," he continued, "that cause will...