Word: yearned
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...course of human events does the election of one individual seem to make everybody around the world stop and take notice. The next-day headlines were evidence that something transformative had happened. Barack Obama resonated with the hopes and aspirations of not just Americans but so many globally who yearn for a better tomorrow...
...that I’m back at school, I’m starting to get a little lonely. Dogs and their steadies in the Yard evoke flashbacks, and I can’t help but yearn for the simple days of summer. My friends marvel at how obsessed I’ve become. Last week, I even bought Billy a new sweater at Urban Outfitters. I’ve turned into “that girl”—you know, the one that can’t stop talking about her significant other...
...Still, I yearn to take on Harvard with a dog… and not only because I think it would be fun to mimic Elle Woods. As it is, I have only a plant to water, and while it occasionally blows in the wind as if to wave in my direction, it hardly greets me with a sloppy kiss when I return from class each afternoon...
...While we might be on a “break” for the moment, I can’t help but yearn for what feels like my long-lost love. Just as our relationship was starting to get serious (he would even come back to me when I let him off his leash!), I had to set him free. But trust me, Billy’s more than just a summer fling. In the meantime, before we’re reunited, maybe I’ll just get a fish. Hey, everyone’s entitled to a rebound...
...picture of the 50s commercial kid. He is good-looking, upright and proper, and has a small book open in his hands (what could it be? The Bible? The Constitution? The Federalist Papers?) as he looks at the camera in his white-tie apparel. He makes you yearn for the simpler days of childhood, when you could just, you know, run free and wild—in white-tie, of course. (Note: No, I do not want to take Bill O’Reilly home with me.) —Anna E. Sakellariadis