Word: walks
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...perfect opportunity arose when my research brought me to the State House Library to find information on the Massachusetts public school system. After gathering numerous statistics and journal articles, I decided to walk to J.P. Licks, an ice cream parlor on Newbury Street, which probably has the best frozen yogurt in the Western Hemisphere...
...commute to work is often the most pleasurable and most frustrating part of my daily routine. My daily trek from Somerville begins with a short walk to the T station, followed by subway rides on the red and green lines, and concluding with a ride on a shuttle bus to my final destination in Charlestown. The commute can sometimes be unbearable--there is no greater feeling of powerlessness than sitting trapped for 15 minutes inside a motionless subway car between two stations. But the long journey gives me plenty of time to stare off into space, reflect, watch the passersby...
Europeans, who are more appreciative of track than Americans, love Johnson. The French, in fact, call him "Magique" Johnson. Yet in the U.S., Johnson gets less ink than the latest winner on the Senior Golf Tour. Walk through the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, and you can find no fewer than six books about the Dallas Cowboys, including one by the immortal safety, Bill Bates. No sign of "Magique" Johnson, even though he lives in the vicinity...
...believe also that those in the opposition are responding primarily to a pervading sense of empathy. Scum that the criminals may be, death penalty opponents see themselves walking the "dead man's walk" and being fastened into the chair. Although they recognize the heinous nature of the crimes some have committed, they somehow cannot conclude that they could ever "deserve to die." The thought that such a thing is possible frightens and disturbs them...
...temporary conclusion: while vengeance is applicable to a discussion on capital punishment, empathy is not. When faced with a John Royster, the desire for vengeance is almost a given, while empathy is misplaced. If you are a decent person, you could never be in his situation; you will never walk that walk. There comes a time when we must acknowledge that some crimes rob their perpetrators of any humanity they may once have possessed, and, hence, of any substantial commonality with us. So I find myself an advocate for the death penalty...