Word: towardness
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...full dose of Sue this week, as we learned that she likes kicking children off her team at random, beef bone smoothies, and hovercrafts. We’re also enjoying the running joke about Will’s alleged perm, although we were shocked at Sue's violence toward a senior citizen. Also, we’re tickled that Sue was born in the Panama Canal Zone and still ran for office twice. Admirable...
...Cancun simply because of her national allegiance, nor are they particularly deterred by massive GDPs. The fight against H1N1 is a global one, which requires more of a commitment by wealthier nations in order to avoid its spread. Such a commitment is not only a sign of benevolence toward poorer nations, but also an investment in the health of their own populations...
...mindset of the city toward the students shouldn’t be ‘They’re only here for four years,’ but rather ‘We only have four years to convince them to stay,’” he said...
...Toward the end of the first half, the Minutewomen continued to show poise, and Makaela Potts created some dangerous attacking chances. With 10 minutes remaining in the period, Potts possessed the ball in midfield, beat a Crimson defender, and raced toward goal. She then dished to forward Katie Kelly, whose flick of the ball went just over...
What happens, of course, when an immigrant group heads toward assimilation, is that each successive generation gets more educated (82% of first-generation Latin-American kids ages 15 to 17 attend school, compared with 97% of second-generation kids - hardly perfect but moving toward parity) and more proficient in the national language (by the third generation, 95% of Latino kids ages 15 to 17 speak English exclusively or very well). Another thing that happens is that parents start moving away from baby names like Guillermo and closer to names like William. "When [immigrant or later-generation] parents name their children...