Word: moment
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...Smith” is fashioned as a “dark fairy tale.” Wholeheartedly embracing a paradoxically deeply humanistic and pessimistic ethos, the record narrates the day of its eponymous protagonist’s failed suicide attempt. Each track represents a different moment in J. Smith’s day. Travis eschews chronological order and groups the tracks instead for tonal coherence (though the first and final songs, “Chinese Blues” and “Before You Were Young,” do mark the beginning and end of the character?...
...Obama has been quicker off the blocks in setting up his government than any of his recent predecessors were, particularly Bill Clinton, who did not announce a single major appointment until mid-December. As the President-elect put it in his first radio address, "We don't have a moment to lose." (See pictures of Obama's victory celebration in Chicago...
...Seizing the Moment That is both Obama's great challenge and his great opportunity. If he can do what F.D.R. did - make American capitalism stabler and less savage - he will establish a Democratic majority that dominates U.S. politics for a generation. And despite the daunting problems he inherits, he's got an excellent chance. For one thing, taking aggressive action to stimulate the economy, regulate the financial industry and shore up the American welfare state won't divide his political coalition; it will divide the other side. On domestic economics, Democrats up and down the class ladder mostly agree. Even...
...moment, however, political leaders are busy culling votes. Writing in the weekly magazine Outlook, Congress party member Abhishek Manu Singhvi pounced immediately, writing, "[The BJP] claims to be a mainstream political party - with its direct members and associates directly linked to terrorism. It gives us homilies on terror and calls us soft on terror, while allowing its own philosophy to preach terror and its own activists to commit terror." The BJP has hinted at a conspiracy by the ruling government to frame the accused for political gains. "A terrorist is a terrorist irrespective of his religion or caste...
This was the moment that abstract principles and necessary safeguards collided with the sad, strong will of a dying girl. Under British law, a child Hannah's age is allowed to refuse lifesaving treatment, provided that all the options have been fully explained and the child has the support of his or her parents. A social worker arrived at the Joneses' house, and Hannah laid out her reasons. "I just decided there were too many risks, and even if I took it, there might be a bad outcome," Hannah said. "There is a chance that...