Word: warmed
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They report that "the work ethic which stands at the core of the Harvard culture attacks him (the preppie) at the level of his basic beliefs, way of life, and orientation toward being and doing." The "warm, spontaneous, expressive hackers" are pressured to become "unnaturally constrained and hard-working grinds...
...Blueberry Hill and Hello, Dolly! Said he: "I'm an entertainer, and I'll play for anybody who wants to hear me. I'll play for Eskimos at the North Pole and penguins at the South Pole, with a stopover in the Virgin Islands to warm...
Whence and whither this prodigy, I wondered. He turned out to be a warm, approachable person and a voluble conversationalist. He punctuates his talk frequently with such queries as, "D'you know what I mean?" and, on being reassured, hurries right on to another point...
...House becomes Topic A to the exclusion of everything else," Von Stade complains. Moreover, those who don't get their first choice--40 per cent last year--or one of their top three choices--20 per cent last year--unnecessarily feel rejected, after in many cases they've received warm welcomes during interviews," he adds...
Still, landing on firm ground, instead of the warm oceans where U.S. astronauts dunk themselves, has its advantages. The Russians may do it primarily because they possess vast areas of flat and almost uninhabited territory, but they also prefer it. A spacecraft that descends too fast will hit the ground with little more impact than if it hits water. And survival on solid ground is a lesser problem than after a water landing. There is no chance that the men will drown or that their ship will sink if not picked up promptly. Storms do not corrugate the land with...