Word: reminded
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...help with the ambiguity. However, what it does suggest is a topical treatment of an ominous, dark, and tenuous subject. Wings outstretched and beak ever so sharp, the dark bird is fierce and threatening. Yet the blotches of water soften the animal’s shape and remind us that this is, alas, a work of fiction. Nobel laureate Doris Lessing’s name is megalomaniacally scrawled in regal yellow in the center of the cover, leaving little room for the actual title of the book. Over-compensating for something, Doris? The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar...
...Lacking vaccines or effective treatments, public-health officials are battling the disease with old-school tactics: pest control and education. But fumigation campaigns are too expensive for many Asian governments to carry out effectively; it's also difficult to regularly send out health officials to remind communities to keep their homes dry and water supplies clean. Even wealthy Singapore, a model of dengue control, was floored by an outbreak in 2005. Reported cases went down the following year, but are back up again slightly in 2007. "That's a kind of warning to us," says Hales. "As the temperature continues...
...Many of you who are critical of the UC election process note that no outside ticket has ever won the UC presidential race. As I pass the 500-word mark, however, I would like to remind you that that fact was most recently reported by The Crimson, which we all know has a longstanding political bias towards the Whig Party, and their “facts” should not be taken at face value. I believe a president without any student government experience whatsoever is something we desperately need. The UC is a highly self-selecting group of people...
...Convention) as well as in the White House. She joined the Giuliani campaign in March and soon earned an employee-of-the-month award. The New Hampshire native won't make it home for the primary. "I'll be stationed in New York," she says. "But I'll definitely remind them to vote up there." There may have been countless cups of coffee since March, but the battle's only just begun...
...they were able to successfully develop stem cells from non-embryonic human tissue, silencing the moral qualms many Americans have with the use of embryos for the same purpose. President George W. Bush hopped right on to the scene with a self-congratulatory press release. He was quick to remind everyone that his administration is the first to fund such research and that he is very pleased with the results...