Word: pondered
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...sides without landmarks, save for the black and red flags that mark the boundaries of the camp, the red sleeping tents and the heated main dome, a geodesic wooden structure that is the kitchen, conference center and overall heart of NEEM. The result is scary, when I ponder how tiny and isolated I am against this vast sheet of ice, a white void without plants, animals or even rocks. It's also really, really cool...
Alongside the nation's plague of spy scandals, Washington had another abuse of sensitive Government information to ponder last week. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige announced the dismissal of three unnamed employees at the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. Their offenses: two were found to have used advance knowledge of the Government's quarterly estimates of economic growth for personal gain, while the third passed along the information for an outsider's gain. It was the first time ever for such punitive action. Said Baldrige: ''We have a duty to maintain credibility and integrity.'' The firings came after an eight...
...likely to climb closer to the heroes of May - Indiana Jones and Iron Man - as glowing word-of-mouth continues to drive ticket sales. Even though most of Hollywood's Oscar contenders have yet to hit theaters, all that critical and commercial affection is leading awards watchers to ponder: Could WALL-E finally...
...Kutner might not appear to be taking the apocalypse seriously - this is, after all, a man whose day job at The Daily Show involves reading depressing news and transforming it into "poop jokes." (Hear Kutner ponder the apocalypse on this week's Greencast.) But though the book is inspired comedy, Kutner says the theme came from his own preoccupation with the possible end of the world. He has a "go bag" - a collection of items needed in case of an emergency evacuation - and he calls himself and his wife "apoca-nerds." He looks around the landscape of American popular culture...
...novel tells the story of Helen, 18, who, after a shaving accident, finds herself in hospital with the time and opportunity to ponder her favorite issues: bodily functions, bodily fluids and sex. Helen meticulously describes all sorts of sexual practices (involving men, female prostitutes and avocado stones) while expressing contempt for personal hygiene. Her attitude reflects Roche's own stand against the clean, waxed and odorless female beauty ideal propagated by the advertising industry and popular TV shows, such as former swimsuit model Heidi Klum's Germany's Next Top Model. "There are all these ads suggesting that you always...