Word: pondered
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...bite lawyer. "In my opinion that's negligence right there." (The dogs' previous owner told the San Francisco Chronicle that they killed her sheep, chickens and family cat.) Meanwhile, the people of Pacific Heights--many of whom say they lived in terror of the dogs--have another question to ponder. During the attack Whipple reportedly screamed for five minutes, yet no one opened a door to help. Not only is it hard to imagine St. Francis in San Francisco these days; seems it's even harder to find a Good Samaritan...
...three-dimensional space: visitors use "avatars"--cyberfigures incarnating individual people or characters--to navigate a broad stairway and enter the hall, where pictures of the deceased children hang on the wall. Visitors can click on icons to see more pictures and video clips of the victims or ponder messages left by grieving parents. Parents can even ask to see computer-generated avatars of their children. One father took his avatar son for a walk in the virtual garden outside the memorial...
While yesterday's long-awaited end to the campaign gave Bush the task of assembling an administration in record time, it left Gore to ponder his future...
...years later I am asking my long-suffering parents to bail me out in my failing attempt to purchase a pedal steel on layaway, which I imprudently committed to at the beginning of the year that, by mutual consent with my father, I took off from college to ponder the relative merits of working in a piss factory and attending an Ivy League school. They oblige on a loan, and I tackle the beast. But my first dalliance is too much, too soon: The complexity of the instrument is more than I can handle, and I eventually abandon...
...magnificent ravioli. Remembering the succulent aroma of her kitchen as you fill a hefty bowl with penne and pesto, it occurs to you that there is a reason Taco Bell and the Olive Garden have not merged. You are stuck with two entrees, but your stomach cannot even ponder pesto beef let alone the prospect of purchasing yet another pair of pants. As a result, you end up throwing out a plate of Mexican perfection. This can be avoided in three ways. First, you could read the menu as you walk in rather than desperately searching for that girl...