Word: wonders
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...best seller A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking captivated readers with mind-bending conundrums bound to awaken childlike wonder even among the terminally unimaginative: for instance, if the universe is expanding, where is it expanding...
...first in a trilogy of novels directed at the fertile minds of children themselves. In an interview via e-mail, Stephen Hawking, who holds Sir Isaac Newton's former chair in mathematics at Cambridge University, explains: "The aim of the book is to encourage children's sense of wonder at the universe. We want them to look outward. Only then will they be able to make the right decisions to safeguard the future of the human race...
...first sight, these shirts were shocking and even discomforting, and they still are. Is the wearer, you wonder, living with the virus? If so, why would he or she want to broadcast this painful truth to complete strangers? If not, what could possibly be the impetus to draw attention in such a way? Does he or she purport to understand experiences that he or she cannot fathom living...
...from here on campus, what it means to act “positively” to fight a global scourge is not immediately obvious. For most undergraduates at the College, the gravity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is not in question; instead, we wonder if it is possible to make a meaningful contribution as students. After all, most of the 40 million infected reside not in Cambridge, but in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. To compound the feeling of helplessness, we see ourselves as only undergraduates, not yet equipped with the tools of physicians or policymakers...
...Iraq." McCain grasps his hand and thanks him. "And, I, ah, I still have friends over there, and, ah, some of them aren't, they aren't feeling like there's an end in sight," he continues. McCain's expression is concerned. The young man finishes: "I wonder if you can tell me something I can tell my friends who are dispirited, who may want to come home." McCain encourages the young man and his friends to read the Petraeus Report - "he really thinks things are getting better there" - before he's hustled out the door...