Word: sanely
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...former mujahedin fighter with whom she has virtually nothing in common, including a language. The union heads for the rocks when Rodriguez learns he has a wife, newly pregnant, in Pakistan. Yet Khan rises to the challenge, facing down murderous husbands, malignant bureaucrats and other perils to keep Rodriguez sane and the school running, at least for a while...
...something that I want to do.”Koch, a psychology concentrator who ultimately plans to attend medical school, says she will always be a dancer. “Dance is a part of who I am. It’s sort of what manages to keep me sane and insane at the same time...
...rights” invoked in defense of a practice which many demur from even mentioning cannot—and, if we live in a just society, must not—trump humane sensibilities and common sense. No sane person would defend barbarism for the sake of maintaining ideological purity...
...Country Club has never been better. For many, it is the ultimate bubble. Escape is the club's most attractive offering. "It helps us forget what is out there," says a sheet-metal worker from Michigan named Alex Manikas, 63. "It is a place you go to keep you sane." On one hand, the popularity of the BCC is proof that a good time can still be found in the world's most dangerous city. But it also captures the contradiction of the Green Zone today: a place that has attained the feeling of permanence in a city where...
What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines? To leap over handicap-access ramps like Donkey Kong? The answer is parkour, a jaw-dropping hybrid of gymnastics and cross-country running that is equal parts Spider-Man whimsy and hard-core stamina. The word is derived from the French term for obstacle course, and like it or not, U.S. college campuses are becoming hot spots for this exhilarating new breed of steeplechase--horse-free and adaptable to any setting. Google parkour, campus and map, and you'll find, among some 58,000 results, an annotated parkour...