Word: path
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...further economic and social success, informing and enriching graduates’ lives long after graduation. Nevertheless, while everyone should have the opportunity to attend college if he or she chooses to do so, it is unfortunate that a college education is increasingly viewed as the best and only path to a successful and fulfilling life. High school graduates should matriculate because of their own desire to do so, not simply in response to the commonly accepted idea that in today’s society a college degree is a prerequisite to any path in life. Guidance counselors and other advisors...
...such an attitude is not only callous (to the innocent boy he once was, not to the monster he became), it is also very dangerous. Without a willingness to reflect nonjudgmentally on the causes of Cho's psychosis, and thereby learn to identify and treat individuals on a similar path, such horrific incidences will occur again. Kevin Cannon, New York City...
...worry. The Livingstone occupies a prime position just five minutes' stroll from the eastern cataract - and if you can't even face that, there are golf carts to transport you to the water's edge. Rent a rain poncho for $2 from the guys at the top of the path - at this proximity, you don't so much see the Falls as pass through a series of Zambezi car washes - and pay your tourist dues...
...respect it, but I'm not convinced things will evolve that way," says Gore. "If I do my job right, all the candidates will be talking about the climate crisis. And I'm not convinced the presidency is the highest and best role I could play. The path I see is a path that builds a consensus-to the point where it doesn't matter as much who's running. It would take a lot to disabuse me of the notion that my highest and best use is to keep building that consensus...
...films that will be shown at Live Earth. "We have to make it through an uncharted region, to the outer boundaries of what's known, beyond the limits of what we imagine is doable." Then he recited a famous line from the poet Antonio Machado: "Pathwalker, there is no path. You must make the path as you walk." I once heard him get tangled in that line during the 2000 campaign, but this time, he wasn't trying too hard. "We must find a path that we create together, quickly," he said. "With truth force. To seize the opportunity that...