Word: spaces
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...religion. But as anyone with a filled-to-the-gills closet knows, the things we accumulate can become oppressive. With all this stuff piling up and never quite getting put away, we're no longer huddled masses yearning to breathe free; we're huddled masses yearning to free up space on a countertop. Which is why people are so intrigued by the 100 Thing Challenge, a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items...
Then came Obama in St. Paul, Minn., with his wife Michelle next to him in a violet sheath (purple = red + blue). After a carefully gracious tribute to Clinton, he went right at McCain for being a quaint fossil of the Paleolithic era before launching the race into deep space. "This is our moment," he said. "This is our time." Moments, of course, are fleeting, and he talked about this one in the way geologists talk about eons. "Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment ... when the rise...
...serious about improving health care and reining in costs, the rest of the industry is going to have to get on board too. There are a number of Internet powers trying to stake out the EHR space, among them Microsoft and Revolution Health Group, led by AOL co-founder Steve Case. In Cleveland, Google has a partner that is already ahead of the curve...
...track is called Life in Technicolor, and what differentiates it from previous Coldplay attempts to lasso the cosmos (Speed of Sound, Clocks) is the details--or rather, the fact that there are details. Whereas before, the band would pound listeners into submission with giant chords and a lyric about space, here they let the songs' various parts resolve themselves, and there are no lyrics at all, just a single evocative group yawp...
It’s hard to define good advising. We often hear that it provides students with sounding boards. My favorite description reads: “Advising creates a metaphorical space that allows and enables people to be receptive to learning about themselves.” Advising programs focus first and foremost on opening up space in which students can explore possibilities. In that advising space, students must feel comfortable imagining themselves as something different and yet still in accord with their true self...