Word: pointings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...were very surprised that you stayed with Joey after it happened. Are you surprised, looking back? No. Reliving my life and realizing now that I was married to a very, very good sociopath, I can see why I stayed. We had been married for 15 years up to that point. And I believed him. It's as simple as that. I believed him when he said he had nothing to do with her. (See pictures of crime in Middle America...
...Gage got another estimate, from his receptionist's husband, for $1,100. "He wins, and he does a super job, top notch. The first contractor comes back to see how it went. He doesn't say much, other than that a couple of pipes are sticking out. At that point, I'm saying: 'Who cares? Look at the deal...
...therapists point out that human beings have evolved in synchrony with nature for millions of years and that we are hard-wired to interact with our environment - with the air, water, plants, other animals. But in the past two centuries, beginning with the Industrial Revolution, people have been steadily removed from the natural world, our lives regulated not by the sun or moon but instead by the factory clock. Recently it's gotten worse, with the rise of the Internet and other technologies, like iPhones and BlackBerrys, that dominate our lives, pushing us even further from any appreciation...
...PNAS study contains some other less than surprising facts - for instance, adult females swing conservatively when it comes to tree travel, while males and adolescents are the risk takers. But the ultimate point is that orangutans, as odd and ungainly as they look, are uniquely adapted to the jungle, to life among the trees - an existence that is being threatened by the continued logging of Southeast Asian jungles. "Orangutans can move in logged forest, but the energetic cost may be much greater, and food availability is likely to be lower, so populations become less healthy and less viable...
...disputed June 12 election was the last straw for Mousavi and those who view themselves as Khomeini's heirs. Their anger turned on a critical point of Islamic doctrine: they insist that the legitimacy of an Islamic ruler springs from the people; Khamenei, on the other hand, believes that legitimacy derives from God's will - and the Supreme Leader's interpretation of that will. In condoning Ahmadinejad's theft of the June 12 election, Khamenei, they believe, has indeed proved himself a usurper...