Word: momentous
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...three children, Prince Michael, Paris Katherine and Prince Michael II, to the coffin, where the children laid a crown at its head as a tribute to the King of Pop. They then returned to their front-row seats, near their grandparents. There was no repeat of Paris's touching moment at the memorial when she tearfully addressed the crowd, calling Jackson "the best father I could imagine"; during Thursday's ceremony, the children stayed silent. "But they were very composed and strong and would have made their father proud," says the guest. (See TIME's tribute to Michael Jackson...
...don’t have any choice in the matter, there are ways to combat the post-shopping-period crash. The key is to prolong that initial sense of excitement that permeates the Coop in September—even once we realize we’re screwed. At that moment, instead of admitting failure, giving up, and declaring that life totally sucks, it’s hypothetically possible to stay starry-eyed. To see the coming semester as a puzzle. To pick and choose. To determine what’s actually necessary and fulfilling, and read it carefully; to skim...
...moment I’m a little concerned that the user interface is a bit confusing, and a CS1 student would probably have a difficult time if it were deployed at the start of the semester,” wrote Leitner, who is also associate dean for Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...first book, “The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism,” Manela studied how President Wilson’s policies influenced rising anticolonial activism in Asia and the Middle East...
...Using more contemporary ways of reporting what’s going on in the community can help public health officials find out [about disease outbreaks] at the earliest possible moment,” said Donald A. Goldmann, a professor in Immunology and Infectious Disease at Harvard Medical School when asked about the application. “This is a nifty, portable way to get people’s attention, especially young people...