Word: path
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...safe bet for an analyst trying to predict outcomes using limited information is to assume the status quo will prevail. But sometimes history can veer off the beaten path in cruel ways. The possibility that Kim Jong Il's death could make things worse for the benighted North Koreans is unpleasant to contemplate. Then again, North Korea under the Kim dynasty has been a singularly cruel place...
...Adversity and Character Re Michael Kinsley?s essay on politicians and personal tragedy: Kinsley, you?ve got to get out more [Sept. 8]. It is human ?nature to take the easy path. Keeping a Down-syndrome baby or refusing preferential treatment in prisoner-of-war conditions is a measure of character. That?s what it takes for me to choose a candidate, facing an uncertain world with insufficient data. Some can say what they?ll do under pressure; others have demonstrated what they did under the intense heat of reality. Troy Hammond, Ashburn, Virginia...
...Goliath battle, the village may soon be forced to pocket its slingshot. Last month a county judge dissolved an injunction that had prevented Chicago from razing the acquisition area until the environmental impact could be measured. Unless an appeals court steps in as Bensenville's 11th-hour savior, the path is clear for the bulldozers to start rolling. And while 14 million cubic yd. (11 million cubic m) of dirt have already been moved in the reclamation, a small plot of sacred soil continues to stoke debate: the project's footprint covers the 1,300 graves in St. Johannes Cemetery...
...Michael Kinsley's essay on politicians and personal tragedy: Kinsley, you've got to get out more [Sept. 8]. It is human nature to take the easy path. Keeping a Down-syndrome baby or refusing preferential treatment in prisoner-of-war conditions is a measure of character. That's what it takes for me to choose a candidate, facing an uncertain world with insufficient data. Some can say what they'll do under pressure; others have demonstrated what they did under the intense heat of reality. Troy Hammond, ASHBURN...
...side. That's what that comment was all about, Charlie." And she expressed her pride in "my firstborn, my son, my teenage son," who had made the decision to go fight for his country rather than taking an easier or safer or more comfortable path. "I don't know if the task is from God, Charlie," she said - a striking note of humility after all the certainty that had gone before...