Word: ponderousness
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...however, served to create an opportunity to drop a stack of complaints on the desk of the president. The solely negative remarks insinuating accusations of racism, sexism, and every other “ism” on the planet would potentially leave us to ponder if Summers has done anything good while in Mass. Hall...
Carter’s speech sparked an energetic dialogue with the audience, posing questions such as, “How do we cohere to achieve social justice?” and inviting audience members to ponder what their goals—as Harvard students and future leaders—should...
...that medical science has made in sex-change operations." The studio audience rollicked to that line, but the lady in Nebraska rose from her chair, muttering, "That's not so funny, McGee!" With that, she swept into the kitchen to brew a pot of coffee. And no doubt to ponder the mysterious equations of show business that have enabled her son John to become the nation's midnight idol by telling silly jokes like that. --TIME...
...they right--or does the altered state brought on by caffeine, fatigue and lack of slow-wave sleep merely make them believe they are right? It's a question they might do well to ponder--if only they had the time. --Reported by Anna Macias Aguayo/ Dallas, Paige Bowers/Atlanta, Simon Crittle/ New York and Leslie Whitaker/Chicago
...couldn’t help but ponder this frustrating paradox during Martin Scorsese’s newest, The Aviator, a film chronicling the life of Hollywood wonderboy Howard Hughes. There is no question that Martin Scorsese is a brilliant and gifted filmmaker, but his new biopic is lifeless—a word rarely applied to the always vital Scorsese. It is a film without passion seemingly made solely to finally get Scorsese the Oscar his previous work has so richly deserved...