Word: path
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...American musicals these days, the path to success falls into one of three categories: camp (Hairspray), hip (Spring Awakening) or kid-friendly (Wicked). Billy Elliot takes the old-fashioned route and makes an honest, emotional connection. Billy's motherless household is a grubby, oppressive place, and when his father and brother join their fellow miners in walking off the job, it becomes a tension-filled one. The story unfolds at a carefully unhurried pace: after a disastrous boxing lesson, Billy accidentally finds himself in a girls' ballet class. The teacher recognizes his talent, begins tutoring him in private and persuades...
...interpreted this as "those who have knowledge of God are God." In Eastern philosophical systems there's an established idea of a path through personal consciousness to a collective conscience to a universal conscience, which people call the divine. I concluded that Jesus must have experienced this consciousness, and that he must have followed a path. The story is about that evolution...
...Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors. The daughter of multimillion-dollar parents herself, Willis says she was a "spoiled brat" in her youth. She quit jobs whenever things didn't go her way and spent money without limits - until she realized this was not the path to a satisfying existence. "Outsiders think, 'If I just had financial wealth, life would be so easy and I would be happy,'" says Willis, who now counsels wealthy families. "But none of us is given a meaningful life. We're meant to build a meaningful life...
...National president Slater is unsurprised by his protégé's impatience or his success. "I could see from our first meeting that he was headed for big things," he says. "He's got a very frank and friendly manner. He has no pretensions. When you consider his path in life, he's a guy who can relate to anybody...
...same time, we are already experiencing strong demand for our new book about Obama--even before its publication. President Obama: The Path to the White House, superbly edited by Adi Ignatius and beautifully designed by Sharon Okamoto, combines original material on Obama's journey with a collection of the best reporting and writing from TIME's political team on his rise and historic victory. And it is overflowing with Callie Shell's incredible and intimate photographs of Obama, selected by photo editor Crary Pullen, many of which have never before been seen in print. "In clear and colorful storytelling," says...