Word: path
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...seen a movie about a woman gripped by a frustrated passion to create than a frustrated passion for a really cute guy. I'll stipulate that in Austen's time spinsterhood was a fate to be strenuously avoided. And being a woman writer was by no means an easy path either. Yet, she embraced it, and the immortal results more than justify a hard choice this film never really explores...
...killing the birds and sea creatures that accidentally ingest them. As legislators around the globe debate whether to tax or ban outright these petroleum-based products--which experts estimate take up to 1,000 years to decompose--celebrities have been doing their part to steer consumers down a greener path. This year's trendy eco-tote has been photographed on the arms of actresses Keira Knightley, Alicia Silverstone and Reese Witherspoon...
...whether what's good for private-equity firms and hedge funds is good for America. Also, we don't know if we're seeing the end of the boom or just a scary interruption. Decades of academic research has shown that you can't reliably predict the market's path...
Research has also shown, though, that you can at least partially predict how bumpy that path will be. It's simple: calm is usually followed by more calm, and volatility by more volatility. We may have just made the switch from calm days to volatile ones...
DEFINITION id-i-o-path-ic sei-zure n. an unexplained electrical charge inside the brain that sets off seizure activity (idiopathic means "of unknown cause...