The speed of change has been violent.When societies handle girlhood well , the knock-on effects are astonishing. A girl who finishes secondary school is less likely to become a child bride or a teenager-age mother. Education boosts earning power and widens choices, so she is less likely to...
There is never any need to guess. No need to do anything ‘bonkers’, as a certain excruciatingly dim boss of a rather large agency beginning with the word ‘Ogilvy’ blathers on about in social media and books. There’s never any need to do anything ‘counter-intuitive’ – because who...
I take strong issue with your allegation that a small team of people starting from scratch with a budget of just a few million dollars could knock together a better product in just a couple of years (as you have said above) than something that took around 10 years to get this far. I ...
2.What is the attitude of Prece on the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our congnitive abilities? A. Doubt.B. Disagree.C. Approve.D. Wait and see. 3.The underlined word “unanimity ”in the last paragraph most probably means “___”. A. consensus...
One of my favorite songwriters is Kevin Garrett. He does this quite a lot in his songwriting, but here’s a quick example from his song “Never Knock:” You are in my head When my heart’s a war And if I’m ever scared I’ll breathe the air in front of your door ...
I mean, I’d love for Gandalf to knock on my door and send me on an adventure, but that’s probably not how this works. As a Christian, I know God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34-35) and I also know He said that old men will dream dreams, (Acts 2:17). I’m ...
Creativity doesn’t always knock. That seems like an obvious statement but it’s amazing how often we find ourselves listening for that subtle rap. We wait for creativity to whisper in our ear. To talk to us in our sleep or spring a surprise thought on us in a moment of reflection. It...
For the first time, The Copyblogger methodology is now available to a select few clients. We know it works. We’ve been doing it since 2006. Take the Next Step How to use a comma in a sentence Please, please my dear fellow writers, knock it off … ...
6. —Do you also think Sally ___ (knock) over the glass of wine deliberately? —No, I don’t think so. 7. If necessary, the details can be ___ (leave) out. 8. They live in a big house, ___ (belong) to their uncle. 9. When asked to join us, Carl replied with a polit...
Looking back, I realise the black dog had been slowly, quietly, shadowing me just waiting for the opportunity to knock me over. We moved to New Zealand, my anxiety shot to previously unknown levels, I stopped sleeping and, eventually, my psyche crumbled under the pressure. Again, for the ...