Word: ponder
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...protecting my child from cancer outweighs any reluctance to ponder her sexual future. "But some parents are totally in denial," says my longtime pediatrician, Dr. Marc Wager of New Rochelle, N.Y. It's his practice to discuss the vaccine when parents bring a daughter for a checkup at 11 or 12. But he doesn't force it on those who resist, and he's willing to edit his discussion of HPV transmission for those who don't want a child to hear...
Face it, your love affair with Starbucks has never been about the coffee. You like the plush armchairs, the mood lighting, the cerebral clientele; they all beckon you to sit down and ponder. While you wait in line, you can browse CD compilations of Ella Fitzgerald and John Lennon, courtesy of the company’s in-house record label. Local art often adorns the walls. Instructive signs remind you of the indigent farmers built into the price premium...
...leaping at the chance to cross the river and help us reweave the fascinating fabric of our Allston community? Wouldn’t students and faculty at the School of Public Health enjoy the challenge of working with our often underserved population? While Harvard’s sages ponder how to ground the general education curriculum in knowledge of the real world, Allston is that world, just down the street...
...fateful decision to join the Marines—my toughest decision was whether or not to play hookey from school. I can’t imagine signing a declaration of my willingness to die for any cause—political views on Iraq aside. At 19, as I ponder my current toughest decisions—whether to take a class with one Nobel laureate or another—I hope that something I’m learning here will prepare me for the kind of decisions and hardship that we must all face at some point...
...show is tired. “Doubt” should play like a segment on “Hardball”: dense, decisive, and with little time for contemplation. There is just a little too much dead air in this production, a few too many pauses for characters to ponder, and the result feels more like an episode of “The Today Show” made of pretend news and cut with plenty of fluff. Stop and thihjgnk about the situation too much and the ending seems inevitable (I won’t spoil...