Word: obsession
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...While the press tends to obsess over who has the majority of the House and Senate in Washington, it is the gubernatorial contests that can have as much or more impact on America's governance, policy and politics in the long run. Republicans still hold their share of big-state governors' mansions, but Democrats have in recent years controlled the top seats in key battleground states such as Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio. Now, the GOP has a very good chance to take over all of those states, while hanging on to many of the slots they already have...
Aciman’s effort in “Eight White Nights” to imitate Proust and constantly dwell within thoughts, metaphors, code-phrases, and imagined scenes of passion is misguided. The prose is feverish and obsessive; though his writing occasionally reaches lyrical heights, the banality of his subjects often overpowers. It particularly raises the question of whether the flowery, (pand)angsty voice of the narrator isn’t just Aciman’s projection of how he believes women want men to think, feel and obsess over them, since there doesn’t appear...
...love it--it's comfortable and wicks away sweat--and I'd wear one all the time if not for its $89 price tag, the cheapest in the line. It's given me a whole new appreciation for my wife's underwear, though lately I've started to obsess about my thighs. I'm thinking manny hose...
...want to provoke any more self-loathing, but what do you most dislike about yourself? I often obsess so much about things that I can't get done, that I ruin other things. I think at some point, some sort of scientist sent me out to space in a time machine and created some spectacular device to put inside my head and I just don't have the manual...
Once placed under house arrest, Zhao could do little but obsess over past events, rewinding the clock to pore over the technicalities of the state's case against him. His few attempts to venture out met with almost comically Kafkaesque resistance. For example, when authorities finally permitted him to play pool at a club for party officials, they first swept the place of other people, ensuring that Zhao played alone. His captors ultimately succeeded in keeping him out of view and silencing his voice, and they put up enough obstacles to deter all but the most determined visitors...