Word: seem
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...giant wall lined with book-filled cubes, measuring 21 feet by 10 feet, is the loft’s focal point. Installed mostly by Pinker himself, the cubes hold the couple’s book collection that numbers in the thousands. Cubes seem to be a theme in Pinker’s lifestyle...
...first to admit, some of my entries seem to border on the ridiculous. Apparently in 2007, I thought it would be wise to have a notebook called “Sports Lessons” in which I summarize the tips I picked up when taking a golf or tennis lesson. The one and only entry is from July 20 and reads: “Shot—keep back foot planted; stay balanced; don’t reach, let the ball come to your strike-zone; if you miss, miss long.” Fantastic. Good thing I have that...
Lyrics like "If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it" aren't the stuff of Sesame Street, and the stark white background and synchronized moves of Beyonc and two other dancers, all in black leotards and heels, seem about as far from The Wiggles as one gets, which is why some parents have been taken aback by how popular "Single Ladies" is with their children. (See TIME's compilation of baby-loves-Beyoncé videos...
...home's more glaring paradoxes. Despite the country's vast wealth and medical resources, the working-class Miami neighborhood where his family settled had scant access to family physicians - and most people saw a doctor only when a costly emergency hit. To Lau, it didn't seem much different from the situation back in his impoverished Nicaraguan hometown of Chinandega. "Miami has a lot of problems, but the biggest is that too many people don't get primary medical care," says Lau, now 23. "There's a bit of a mind-set that being a doctor here means taking care...
...That comes through. You seem to blame the media for your decision to quit as Taoiseach. Yes, they just kept after me. Even when things were getting serious with the economy, they just kept on my back. I would have [left office] this year anyway. I thought at the end public opinion would be fed up with the tribunal and fed up with me. It just goes on and on. You're asked questions like, 'Do you not remember well going into a bank on Sept. 23, 1993?' and eight hours later you're thinking 'Jesus...