Word: wonderingly
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...most incredible image: Natasha Patterson, a 13-year-old from Marin County, rests her chest on the stage, her elbows under her chin, as her legs - it's painful for me even to type this - Walk in a Circle Around Her. The audience gasps in a mixture of wonder and horror; it's not that the body can't do this, it's that the body maybe oughtn't. Whatever the crowd reaction, the maneuver is nonetheless spectacular. (You can see the entire routine here on Youtube; Patterson's big moment comes about 4 min. 45 sec. into the clip...
...friends recently called me to talk about the exciting Red Sox season ahead. He goes to BU and, like any proud Boston fan, was excited about the baseball games coming up. I, however, was very disappointed. Why, you might wonder? Because my friend and I went to the same Chicago-area high school, where for the decade we lived in the area we both cheered for the Bulls, the Bears, the Cubs, and other area teams. His switch in allegiances upon moving east struck me as overly convenient, even disloyal. I didn’t say it on the phone...
...dodging to avoid a tourist, you stumble into a puddle and ruin the Harvard sweatpants you impetuously purchased. As you sink down in the middle of the Yard, sobbing, a light rain begins to fall. What is this place? Who are these people? You wonder what you’re doing here...
...Michigan's long-serving 19th-century president James Angell used to say that the school provided "an uncommon education for the common man." But many are starting to wonder if that mission is still possible. And Michigan is not the only public university in crisis. As states across the country face budget shortfalls, leading schools like the universities of Wisconsin, North Carolina and Virginia increasingly depend on support from outside their home states, either in the form of philanthropy or in top tuition rates paid by a growing number of wealthy out-of-state students. The result has already been...
...With such juicy pickings, it's no wonder that the strait has long been a popular hunting ground for pirates. The sheer quantity of ships passing through its confined space - at one point the strait narrows to a mere 1.7 miles - makes spotting potential targets easy for pirates, and its route is a Hollywood-ready seascape of tropical isles and secret coves, providing ample hideaways. Earlier this decade, the waterway's piracy problem reached crisis levels. Attacks ranged from small-scale robberies by lightly armed desperados to highly organized hijackings of giant vessels by teams of professionals. According...