Word: pursuits
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...reason democracy works in the United States is that we have a consensus about fundamental political values (equal rights for all to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). They are based on a shared understanding—accurate or not— of our history...
...captain Jim Goffredo said. “And we knew the other two wings like to crash as well. We just didn’t do a good job of keeping them off the boards.” The Great Danes constantly had all five players in pursuit of offensive rebounds, as every starter grabbed at least one rebound on the offensive end. The team finished with 13 second-chance points on the game. “We thought we could post up their guards a little bit,” Albany coach Will Brown said...
...PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS That most agreeable of actors, Will Smith, keeps (as they say) "stretching." The question posed by The Pursuit of Happyness (the bad spelling is part of the story) is whether he's eventually going to bend himself completely out of shape. You have to wonder if making us feel bad for about 99% of a movie in order to make us feel good later is really a healthy thing for the actor or for the audience patiently enduring a string of bitter blows as his character, Chris Gardner, struggles to claim his share of the American dream...
...only money. The real prize lies in the pursuit of power, innovation and, of course, approval from Mom. Miriam Weinstein, 80, is still upset with Disney for not allowing her sons to take back her namesake banner. Maybe if her boys do well this time around, they could just buy Disney instead...
...staff reporter for The Boston Globe’s Sunday Magazine, author, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio’s “It’s Only a Game” discussed his newest book, “Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything,” at Hong Kong restaurant in collaboration with Harvard Book Store and The Boston Phoenix. “We wanted to hold this event someplace a little more free-wheeling than the bookstore,” Amanda Darling, the marketing manager for Harvard Book Store, writes...