Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...sight of my father—a serious neurosurgeon who sometimes used the word “mofo” before I told him what it meant—going to the checkout counter at Blockbuster with a movie entitled “Daddy Day Care” is beyond description. I’ve watched this happen before, and the nonchalance with which both my dad and the checkout person complete the transaction amazes me. And every time I rent a movie, I’m reminded that I qualify for two free rentals just because...
...you’re serious about planning a family, you really need to start financial planning early,” said Samuel C. Pang, medical director of the Reproductive Science Center of New England. “With agency fees, legal fees, and paying for a surrogate or donor, you start tucking away early...
...entire situation is that American football is an extremely dangerous game. Although the NFL released a new list of rules that would “try to stay proactive” in protecting its players, no amount of yellow flags, yardage penalties, or player fines can stop serious injuries from taking place. The game of football and its players have evolved to such a stage of speed and strength that physicists calculate that an average-sized player can deliver over 1600 pounds of force in a single tackle. This is not a game that can be “injury...
...gridiron can never be kind to the body. Professional sports are crucially different from construction or deap-sea fishing, both of which deal with worksite injuries as a necessary evil. The goal and practice of these latter jobs is not to be harmed, whereas serious contact is a part of football’s standard operating procedure...
...want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms,” he tells us. As an artist, one must understand that what matters is not some artificial plot but rather the truth—or, in other words, the “reality”—one conveys. Shields writes, “[It’s] not the story. It’s just this breathtaking world—that’s the point.” If these are the foundations of Shields’ manifesto, has all of this...