Word: sulking
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...photographer who spends much of her day staring out her window in hopes of somehow finding herself within the city’s skyline. The pair are soon discovering Tokyo culture and a profundity in their friendship that is lacking in their respective marriages. Johansson perfects the prolonged sulk, while Murray delivers his best performance yet, donning the hats of weary voyager, droll companion and cynical mentor with equal comfort. There are plenty of belly laughs to be had along the way, but what remains with the viewer is the significance of the fleeting connection that these two people share...
...Abbas, now the Palestinian Prime Minister, prepares for another meeting with a U.S. President, Arafat has entered what may prove to be his most portentous sulk yet. George W. Bush is scheduled to arrive in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, Jordan, this week for a summit with Abbas and his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon. Bush wants more than a reaffirmation of their commitment to his road map for peace in the Middle East; he is expected to demand a real timetable for progress and genuine action on the ground. Sharon last week signaled that he is willing, though some...
...point, according to officials both in Fatah and in the Palestinian Authority (Arafat's government), Arafat instructed his head of special forces, Bashir Nafa, to send someone to fire warning shots at the house of a prominent pro-Abbas cadre. Afterward, Abbas went off again to sulk at his home in Qatar and told friends he had no intention of returning...
...There are so many people looking out for you here it would be almost impossible to sit in your room and sulk," says Melanie Anstine, a sophomore elementary-education major from Holden, Mo., who is mentoring seven freshmen...
Eliminating the sulk factor is exactly the point of the school's interventionist efforts to nurture newcomers, says Kathy Sheppard Nasteff, 36, the dean for first-year students. She is one of the two faculty contacts for each freshman; the other is the student's academic adviser. "These young adults are entering a whole new world," says Nasteff. "We want to help them find an immediate comfort zone." It seems to be working. Since the mentor program started four years ago, retention rates at Jewell have risen to 86%, from...