Word: obsession
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those of us who obsess over the perfect school and the perfect camp, this is a simple reminder of the immense power of a child's love, which can last through terrible neglect. So Nuala, pull up a beach chair; you too, Julia. (Bridget? Let's do lunch sometime. How's never? Never's good...
...angsting over these issues is such a common phenomena, then why are Harvard undergrads seemingly unconcerned with present change, and instead obsess over their future goals? This is perhaps the first time in our lives where time accelerates palpably; for some reason, undergraduate life at Harvard makes it feel like a suture being rapidly yanked...
...seniors do, and should, obsess about their theses. Our ability to place as much importance as we do every decision we make and every paper we write is one of the indulgences college allows. And this indulgence can be seen in most aspects of college life. College students are selfish, caught up in their lives and usually their lives only, because they can be; our activities (even our altruistic ones) primarily serve us: they help us grow and develop our conceptions of the good life. And they don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things. Students...
...time of great national insecurity, you can always count on Americans to pull together and obsess over a story filled with smiles. Such a placebo was the tale of the septuplets born to beaming Iowa couple Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey. How heartwarming ? only three days old, and they've already accumulated more free gifts than a retiring ball player. At this rate, they'll have enough to pay off their combined college fees...
...about its CEO Bill Gates--the way Patton felt about Rommel. Gates' stock holdings, worth around $32 billion, dwarf Ellison's estimated $7 billion. Ellison, however, insists the fight isn't personal. "I'm more interested in beating Microsoft than I am in beating Bill Gates," he says. "I obsess on the personal computer and the industry, and I would love to see the age of proprietary computers...