Word: utterable
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...Little Surfer Girl I was in utter shock after reading Lev Grossman's "Girl Meets Game" [Feb. 11]. At a time when we are worried about teenagers on MySpace, Grossman talks about how great it is that his 3 1/2-year-old daughter can entertain herself on the Internet. Sure, the sites he mentioned are innocent, but inappropriate content is just a click away. Grossman would have served readers better if he had mentioned Internet search filters. Better yet, he could have stressed that the best way to entertain a young mind is by reading books. Jody Weissler, CEO, Childrensbookradio.com, Woodland Hills...
...sugar cane - seemed to promise everything. Using biofuels rather than oil would reduce the greenhouse gases that accelerate global warming, because plants absorb carbon dioxide when they grow, balancing out the carbon released when burned in cars or trucks. Using homegrown biofuels would help the U.S. reduce its utter dependence on foreign oil, and provide needed income for rural farmers around the world. And unlike cars powered purely by electric batteries or hydrogen fuel cells - two alternate technologies that have yet to pan out - biofuels could be used right...
...believe that he is forgiven.”“He can believe so much, the truth of it makes him weep.”With words such as these, Kennedy illuminates war’s real, true human cost: the utter extirpation of belief. And that, Kennedy stresses, is more terrible than death itself. Death is much, much simpler. —Staff writer Sanders I. Bernstein can be reached at sbernst@fas.harvard.edu...
...McCain is not a "real" Republican, told reporters about his effort, at the 2004 Democratic convention, to have prominent Republicans be available to refute Democrats' attacks on George Bush and attack John Kerry. Many came to Boston, including Rudy Giuliani, but, says Schmidt, "Mitt Romney refused. He refused to utter one critical word about John Kerry...
...John McCain has never been about details. He has always been about a gladiatorial spectacle?the honest man in the arena, taking questions from all comers with good humor, demonstrating his courage by the way he campaigns. There is something quite exhilarating about watching him strut his stuff. His utter independence is bracing, and his willingness to say "I don't know" is honest, often to a fault. You could almost sense his audiences arguing with themselves at his town meetings: "What a great American! ... But does he really think Washington politicians are going to stop pork-barrel spending...