Word: inwardly
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...When discrimination occurs, it is natural for the targeted communities to focus inward on solidarity. At the same time, for those of us who do not directly identify with the victims of intolerance, it is easy to feel that the problem...
...troubled conditions, countries have a natural impulse to turn inward and focus on their own problems. However, the member states of the European Union are not isolated nations, but part of a larger political cooperation. Both for egotistic reasons and for the long-term well being of the EU, Western European countries must lend their support to Eastern European nations and attempt to retain a unified Europe...
...freeze or look back, some have begun to take this global shift as an indicator, fundamentally modifying their approach to creativity. British-born singer Antony Hegarty has long been invested in the constant evolution of his sense of individualism. His arresting, haunting songs are often personal and inward-looking, though recently they seem more reactive to the outside world. Hegarty’s focus and sensibility has evolved from 2005’s grand and dramatic exercise in emotiveness, “I Am a Bird Now,” to inhabit a quieter, more introspective space. With the recently...
...number of writers in the media have noticed that people have become numb to the negative information around them. The focus of the individual has moved inward to his own economic survival. Attaching that to some reference point in the outside world becomes too painful when all of the news is alarming...
...individual schools, are needed. Moreover, the recession should spur those outside the public-school system to think of ways they can help. Students, at Harvard and elsewhere, should view the budget shortfalls as a call to serve their communities by volunteering at schools. Private foundations should also look inward and begin working to rebuild the American education system. It will take more than government to lift our schools out of this slump, and everyone must begin to do their share...