Word: sit
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...myself and hope somebody relates to it. I've been around teachers my whole life and when you get around the great ones it's a really magnificent thing. It changes your life. There have been occasions when I've moderated at the Actor's Studio, which means you sit in session where professional actors come who are working things out in various scenes and the moderator talks about what they're doing. These are terrifying moments for me. You never know what you can say, 'cause an actor is in a very vulnerable position. You sort...
...hand-to-hand combat, the American worker would lose to a band of sleepy preschoolers. Only 15% of workers exercise enough, and 40% don't attempt so much as a sit-up. More than half blame work, with 8 in 10 grousing that they would hit the treadmill--really they would--if only their employers encouraged...
...They did what we asked them to do, and we won the war. Then they cleaned it up, under budget, ahead of schedule, and today it's a wildlife preserve," he said. "Now we sit here trying to find ways to say 'Bad things happen to good people...
...Still, some lawmakers want to regulate how long a plane can sit on the tarmac. In March, "The Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights" was introduced in both the House, by Rep. Mike Thompson, a California Democrat, and the Senate, by Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican. Under the bill, passengers reserve the right to deplane after four hours on the tarmac. Airlines would also be required to keep an adequate amount of food and water on hand, to maintain sanitary conditions and to keep passengers informed of the cause and timing of delays...
...Supporters of the Passenger's Bill of Rights remain optimistic about the bill, particularly because it has been attached as a rider to the Senate's version of the FAA reauthorization bill. "Never again, if this bill passes, will someone have to sit on a plane for hours and hours without access to potable water, food and adequate restroom facilities," says Natalie Ravitz, press secretary for Senator Boxer...