Word: pursuits
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...attempt to reconcile the hedonistic lifestyle of the American nouveau riche with “authentic” ghetto nihilism has created impossible aspirations of “ghettofabulousness” for young people. In the fantasy world of the “ghettofabulous,” the empty pursuit of possessions and pleasure pathetically seeks to counteract a self-imposed degradation, while the reckless self-abandonment that occasionally bubbles to the surface is venerated as the highest expression of cultural authenticity...
...would like to see a pledge from the administration to move the library into the priority record for funding, because the library is the lifeblood of every intellectual pursuit in the University,” Coleman said after the meeting...
...because it hardens attitudes in Israel and destroys international support for the Palestinian cause. Instead, he believes non-violent tactics and diplomacy are the best route to the objective of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Marwan Barghouti sees armed struggle as an indispensable lever in pursuit of the same goal, seeing it as a complement to talks because he believes that the Palestinians capacity to wage an armed intifada is surer leverage at the negotiating table than relying on the goodwill of the United States...
...smiling--after we made all those wonderful pills and cell-phone plans!--what's wrong with you? Not to smile is un-American. You can pick out the Americans in a crowd of tourists by their reflexive grins. The U.S. enshrined in its founding document the right to the pursuit of happiness. So we pursued it and--at least as commerce defines it--we caught...
...also invited Hungarian-born psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced cheeks sent me high), best known for exploring a happy state of mind called flow, the feeling of complete engagement in a creative or playful activity familiar to athletes, musicians, video-game enthusiasts--almost anyone who loses himself in a favorite pursuit. By the end of their week at the beach, the three had plans for the first-ever conference on positive psychology, to be held in Akumal a year later--it was to become an annual event--and a strategy for recruiting young talent to the nascent field. Within...