Word: personable
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...housing "bubble," of stocks "skyrocketing" and "cratering," of the credit "crunch," of the possibility of "zombie" banks. These are not rigorous terms. And yet through them we view the world - often in imprecise, flawed ways that don't even necessarily carry the same imprecise, flawed meanings from person to person. From there we make some pretty hard-core decisions. If we hadn't so consistently been talking about the potential for financial "collapse" or economic "free fall" late last year, maybe money wouldn't have flowed as quickly to the nation's banks. (See 25 people to blame...
...Cortese, who fulfills conducting engagements worldwide and has extensive experience planning tours for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, is especially eager to increase the number of HRO performing tours and to bolster the orchestra’s national and international presence. “We were looking for a person who could connect with undergraduates and challenge them on a personal basis... Cortese is the perfect match for an orchestra that is craving to be taken to higher levels,” said former HRO president Christine L. Barron ’09. “We anticipate a powerful...
...testing.” Medical School student Selena Jorgensen, who joined the protest after hearing about it in an e-mail, said that ending anonymous HIV testing would cause people to avoid being tested, a situation that she said would be unacceptable. “If even one person doesn’t get tested because there’s no anonymous testing, the system has failed,” she said. Rosenthal said in an interview yesterday that free anonymous HIV testing is still available in the Boston area. As for the protest, he said that he does...
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...still am expected for family dinner on time, and I still have to walk the dog." He gets the night shift, Michelle says. "That's usually right before bed. It's like 10 p.m. We sort of handle Bo like we did the kids. I'm the early-morning person ... Once I go to bed, I don't care what happens. Just make sure the dog doesn't have an accident." She talks about the dog with the smitten tone of a girl who never had one of her own before. She walks him frequently, sometimes every couple of hours...