much in the same way we desecrate the death process by over-medicalizing it (to the point research has found that doctors are less likely to seek end of life care at a medical facility1),
As a progressive liberal I found a lot to like in Richard Thaler and Cass Sustein’s book ‘Nudge.’ Boiled down to an elevator pitch, it argues that if the school cafeteria places fruit at eye level and the chocolate brownie at the bottom, kids will eat more fruit and be healthier. ...
Some had been flooded with water, some with oil of vitriol, or aqua valens, or any of the other poisons that collect in a working mine. One day they drained a long-abandoned cavern, and when the miners went inside they found a nugget of silver bigger than any they’d ever seen. Haul...
I lay for a long time listening to the sea washing over the shingle below, and eventually dropped off to a long, cold night of mumbled dreams in which I found myself being pursued over Arctic ice floes by a beady-eyed Frenchman with a catapult, a bag of bolts, and an uncanny aim,...
As a very young woman, I went from my mother’s home to being newlywed and running my own. A wife, a mother, and kids almost all grown and on their own, I found myself divorced 30 years later. Back to Mama I went, which was good for both of us. Her health declined and I too...
He found me fully dressed, sleeping in front of our back door. I was standing in the 7-11 buying my Yoo-hoo and donuts at 4:02. The first time my husband invited our kids to a Hagerstown Municipal Band concert they whined, until I informed them, “you are going.” The four of ...
I found great difficulty (in) doing the project. 若是后接名词,则通常用介词with。 I had difficulty with my schedule. 有时也可后接 about (doing) sth。 I won’t have any difficulty about it. He has some difficulty about getting you some money. 有时也可后接 of doing sth。 He wanted...
One fine day the dog found a box of crayons, one of those enormous 128-color boxes, the largest size Crayola made. It had been left unattended for ten minutes while the child coloring with the crayons went to the bathroom. When the budding artist (me) returned, the crayons were gone. ...
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Being childless and away from all family, even though I’d cooked a turkey breast for lunch, we found ourselves all out of sorts, so we went out in the evening to a steakhouse, and that was worse, actually. Because the place was filled with lonely souls, hunched over their plates, ...