Word: restlessly
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...love strong enough to conquer all obstacles? Is the love between two people enough to keep them together regardless of their restless natures? Can this love be more important than personal adventure and growth? Nadine Gordimer, South African winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, elegantly but confusingly tackles these questions in her new novel The Pickup...
...irrevocable commitment to Israel and its short-term interest in placating the Arab street. Washington clearly sees a need for buttressing friendly Muslim regimes in the crisis. Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Wyche Fowler warns against assuming that "monarchs can do anything they want without consequences from a restless or dissident citizenry...
...Berry Brazelton and Joshua Sparrow, a child psychiatrist, have come up with the term touchpoints in a new book to describe the bursts of inexplicable behavior that seem to grip young children just before they make a developmental leap. A child just about to walk, for instance, might be restless at night, or cranky for days, until the afternoon she masters her first shaky trip across the carpet. Or a three-year-old struggling to acquire his language skills might have daily meltdowns until he can make himself understood verbally. Milestones, such as new siblings or the first...
Don’t expect that fact alone to intimidate the Crimson, however. Harvard is young and restless. And as Fritz showed in dismissing Princeton amid the rain last weekend, the old guard of Ivy men’s soccer may soon end up being washed away...
Brown eventually became one of the most decorated members in the history of the department. Women were attracted by the face, the Cagney voice and the "hero" who made the papers--including the time he chased down a mugger in Central Park during his workout. But he was restless. Brown, who never married, gave up drinking and late nights to read up on religion, get a black belt in karate, learn yoga. He volunteered as a self-defense teacher for the blind. The honors and citations didn't mean what they once did, as he watched mentors and proteges...