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Word: smarts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with great enthusiasm, referring to the political state she's lived in. She's the sort of person who, if confronted with the anti-immigrant sentiment "Why don't you just go home?" would naively attempt to give an earnest answer, explaining about the limited educational opportunities for her smart teenage boy Fadi (Melkar Muallem) in West Bank, or how long her commute to and from Bethlehem became after Israel stepped up construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier. Or maybe she'd elaborate on what it felt like every time she bumped into the far prettier and thinner woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amreeka: A Palestinian Innocent Abroad | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...representative willing to find you a seat on that sold-out flight, waive a change fee, ease your outrage by upgrading you to first class or give you a free meal voucher. When my flight was canceled, Delta waived the usual $15 fee on checked luggage. It's actually smart business; even small gestures go a long way toward defusing consumer wrath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Airlines' Customer-Complaint Lines: No Answer | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...colleague respond to a comment made during one of her lectures: “She nodded very strongly, and said, ‘I agree completely with the opposite of what you’re arguing.’” “She was an unbelievably smart close reader with a good amount of whimsy—very hard to replicate the kind of intellectual acumen that went into her quick sayings,” added Sollors, who also teaches in the department of African and African American studies. “She was just a powerhouse...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Literary Luminary Passes Away | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...event. In both categories, unfortunately, the program falls short. Sex Signals points incoming freshmen in the wrong direction by how casually it treats both sexual activity and rape, by the amount of sex it implies is occurring on campus, and by failing to adequately address personal responsibility to make smart choices...

Author: By Caleb L. Weatherl | Title: The Wrong Signals | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...necessity of taking responsibility by setting clear sexual boundaries with the person you’re with so that lines don’t get blurred in the heat of the moment. The importance of getting clear consent for sexual activity is paramount, yet the obligation to make smart choices in being clear about boundaries and not putting oneself in a position where rape is likely to occur is equally crucial to prevention. This discussion was largely absent from Sex Signals...

Author: By Caleb L. Weatherl | Title: The Wrong Signals | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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