Word: yearning
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...aware that although they think that the relevant “ethical issues” have been resolved, the “careful review” that has taken place so far is not sufficient. I, and others like me who oppose the creation of embryos for research purposes, yearn just as earnestly for the day when Alzheimer’s, cancer, and diabetes have all been relegated to the list of ailments we no longer fear. Fundamentally, both sides wish to see advances in medical science and both sides recognize the potential of stem cell treatment. What needs...
...sure, he can still snap misleading orders at his comically feckless crew (led by Willem Dafoe), yearn impotently for a pregnant journalist (Cate Blanchett), hope a visiting fan (Owen Wilson) will turn out to be his previously unacknowledged son, and despise his rival (Jeff Goldblum), who knows how to navigate the modern world and has the swell boat to prove...
...state of anxiety as they mourn the loss of the father figure who symbolized their national aspirations. After years of fruitless struggle, Palestinians remain united only in grief and fear of chaos. Their economy has been shattered, their government is bankrupt, and militants continue to gain strength. Most Palestinians yearn for peace but doubt that whoever leads them next will achieve it. "I am not hopeful," says Fawzi, 35, a Ramallah phone-company worker. "The Palestinian-Israeli problem has reached the point of no solution...
...right around the time Ben Stiller turned up at a Bat Mitzvah disguised as a mime that I started to yearn for the couch. But I had downloaded Starsky & Hutch to my home-office computer. And even though the picture looked great in full-screen mode on my 17in. monitor, with none of the jerkiness that sometimes plagues online video streams, I had my feet propped up on a printer, and my husband had to stand behind me to see Stiller strut his stuff. Not what I had in mind for movie night...
...When you go abroad to a country where people your age yearn to receive tertiary education but cannot afford the school fees, where the idea of continuous flowing electricity and water are not always a given...complaints about upcoming problem sets, 30-page papers and lack of a campus social life seem utterly ridiculous,” Duru writes in an e-mail...