Word: wee
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...wasn't all sweetness and klieg lights. I was always thirsty. I was often hungry. When I walked down the street I would involuntarily clench and unclench my fists, as if I were the Thing. I woke in the wee hours so often I no longer bothered to wake my husband to tell him about it. And Ritalin made my toes hurt. O.K., technically it was the wall I was kicking that made my toes hurt. I was trying to get my kids downstairs to school, and they were moving with the speed of treacle on asphalt. This is their...
...There's no getting around the fact that, for just a wee bit more, you can buy a laptop with a nice keyboard, a big screen, compatibility with all websites and e-mail providers, and access to other stuff the 770 can't pull off just yet, such as Windows Media 10 audio and video content from Yahoo! and others. The 770 is a bit of a geek's toy, but one even a borderline geek could get the hang of. Just make sure you've got great eyesight, and a willingness to periodically update system software...
...might be crafting a game plan to outwit a Canberra bureaucrat or thinking of a way to motivate a juvenile criminal offender; he might be trying to understand the power structure in a small town or finessing a schmooze assault on a CEO target. This social entrepreneur finds the wee, small hours a bountiful period for clarifying ideas about his self-appointed mission: to get Aboriginal people into jobs, and to keep them there. If you offer ironbark-sized Estens your hand, he'll gently squeeze it; if you lend this salesman an ear, he'll bash...
...ideology of "attachment parenting" has achieved cultlike status among earthy mamas who wield their babies in slings, eschew pacifiers, breastfeed on demand and, at night, curl up with their babies in their (preferably king-size) family bed. Co-sleeping adherents believe Mom and Dad should actively parent into the wee hours, if a sleepless baby so desires. Opponents accuse the Attachmentites of sacrificing adult independence to infant whims and ask what happens when the grownups finally decide they want their toddler out of there...
...workers at Harvard University are an integral part of the greater Harvard community,” the council proclaimed, “the Undergraduate Council supports custodial workers’ efforts to improve the lives of workers at Harvard.”The floodgates opened almost immediately. In the wee hours of Monday morning, the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) released a statement condemning the move, which it decried as part of “a narrow and politically charged agenda.” Left-leaning campus media, too, raised objections to the legislation, calling it a “pointless...