Word: mooned
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Public Agenda poll, 57% of parents acknowledge spanking their kids. Psychologists and other academics are similarly divided, with each camp accusing the other of twisting data to suit an agenda. Opponents say corporal punishment can lead to aggression, poor mental health, even sadomasochistic tendencies and criminal behavior. Sally Moon, 42, a stay-at-home mother in Portland, Maine, agrees. Even when her daughter Teagan, 2, bites, Moon puts her in time-out and reasons with her. Says Moon: "I strongly believe children shouldn't be hit for any reason...
...working particularly hard at relationship-building at all. While before we may have had fewer deeper friendships—those select few enabled by sheer force of will to last over great distances—now we have many weaker ones: people we talk to once in a blue moon when our schedules align (who hasn’t gone through their buddy list at 3 a.m. while putting off a paper?) but otherwise go months without contacting...
...Nagin's opponent in the May runoff, Landrieu, comes from a politically powerful family. His sister is U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and his father, Moon Landrieu, who served as mayor of New Orleans in the 1970s, opened up city government and facilities to African Americans - a record that has not been forgotten. "One of the great challenges for the next mayor is, how do you harness all of this national energy that wants to come in, and how much energy there is in the city, and actually move it in the right direction?" Landrieu told TIME Sunday. He said Saturday...
...Fook Lam Moon means "Blessings come to your home." It is the place to go for authentic Cantonese food. Menu highlights include deep-fried crispy chicken and stuffed duck, emperor style. 35-45 Johnston Road, Wanchai...
...Iraq, it provides an important framework to evaluate future actions. I was disturbed, however, that none of the experts you gathered weighed the cost of the war abroad against investments at home. Had the U.S. taken the billions of dollars spent on the war and instead invested in a moon-shot-style program to gain energy independence, would such a war even have been necessary? What about investments in education and port security, and in shoring up Social Security? I am no expert, but it would be nice to hear that debate from those who are. Jules Kopel-Bailey Princeton...