Word: act
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...Every day is do or die," he said while voting his home state of Arizona. "We're a high-wire act and an insurgency campaign...
None of us have the ability to know where we will end up in 20 years, but a lot of us already know what we really care about. The critical question then becomes not what profession to pursue, but instead how, through that profession, can I act on my commitment to be an agent of social change? Even if medical school isn't in my future, I know that in whatever I do, as a student, parent or professional, it's critical to continue to translate my personal idealism into practice--to combine my individual expertise with those around...
...criminal charges. Meanwhile, on Wednesday the NHL suspended Boston's Marty McSorley for 23 games - until the end of the season - for his hit on Canuck Donald Brashear. The incident raises questions on where to draw the line between sports violence as an occupational hazard and as a criminal act, and what measures professional sports organizations are willing to take to curtail violence...
...need awe in my life. The Internet experience doesn't awe me. The act of sitting at a computer is so unaesthetic and unsexy--all those cables, that horrid fluorescent screen, those puny two-dimensional images. Give me a human voice over e-mail. I like the sound of communicative delivery--the tone of voice, the innuendo. Of course, I appreciate convenience when I'm using a search engine to find gifts, vacations or pieces of information. But as a way to spend leisure time--not for me. The closer the World Wide Web seems to bring us together...
...sounds nothing like any of those songs, have you in fact written a new song? This is a question that will keep music lawyers busy for a long time. Yet it's a development that will make the French deconstructionists happy. They've been saying for years that the act of reading completes the written work. By 2025, the distinction between listener and composer will be completely blurred...