Word: topicalism
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...first step in choosing an online course, says Fathom's Kirschner, is picking a topic you're likely to stick with. "Though you're taking it from your home on your terms, an online course requires some level of commitment," she notes. "Start with something that is your greatest delight." Once you know what you want to study, Kirschner suggests, find a teacher with some expertise, not just anyone who puts up a website and offers to read your poetry. You'll find that the more substantive the course, the more likely you'll pay. Often a free class will...
...topic seemed to be off limits for the Cuban leader. He slammed the high cost of U.S. health care (kidney transplants are cheaper in Havana), the skyrocketing price of a movie ticket in the Big Apple ($9 compared only five cents in Havana, although he neglected to mention what movies were on offer there) and the fact that an average Baltimore Orioles baseball ticket costs over $18 (it's only 45 cents for a box seat in Havana - are you listening, Steinbrenner?). Just how the bearded one knew this is a mystery - nobody has ever reported seeing El Commandante...
...Predictably, MP3 spokespeople expressed disappointment with the judge's decision, just as record executives everywhere burst into cheers. This is unlikely to be the last go-around over online music distribution; as the topic (and the practice) heats up, each wave of new users is almost guaranteed to be closely followed by a new wave of lawsuits...
...Darva wasn't in it for the long haul?" Rich said, "I could. Almost immediately." But my victory was squashed when Tina Cassidy from the Boston Globe asked Rich to elaborate on his pre-high school life. So when Josh got his turn, he took on the heretofore unexplored topic of cannibalism: "Was it difficult choosing to eat Sonja in the second episode?" Rich asked to have Josh disconnected. There was a short struggle, and I heard a dial tone from his office...
...topic is too frightening or difficult for Fitzgerald. She demystifies hospitals and funerals--and even tackles such sensitive questions as, What does a dead body look like? Fitzgerald has a warm, soothing tone and writes to adolescents directly and with no condescension. She is a great believer in teen-grief support groups: if one doesn't exist, start one. Her advice is practical: "If it is more than you can bear to think about right now, that's O.K. Read a book. Take a walk. Surf the Internet. Play basketball. Go to the movies. Paint a picture. Write a poem...