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What do people use at to talk about?
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What words refer to the location of something?
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What words indicate that something is located somewhere?
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What words refer to feeling relaxed?
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What words describe someone who feels relaxed?
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What words refer to causing someone to feel relaxed?
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What words refer to consciously looking at something?
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What words refer to looking at something for a short time?
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What words describe how you look at a woman if you are sexually attracted to her?
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What words refer to looking at something secretly?
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What words indicate that something happens on time?
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What words indicate that something happens before it is too late?
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What words refer to examining something?
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What words indicate that something is happening at some time?
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What words indicate that two things happen at the same time?
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What words indicate that something happens at the same time as something else?
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What words refer to agreeing to do something?
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What words indicate that you are doing something that someone has asked you to do?
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What prepositions are in your language?
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What words indicate the location of an event?
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What words refer to being very worried?
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What words refer to helping someone stop worrying?
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What general words refer to laughing?
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What words refer to laughing at someone because they did something wrong?
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What words refer to smiling?
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What words refer to dividing a social group or more than one social group?
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What words describe a group that is disunited?
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What words refer to trying to do something?
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What words refer to trying hard to do something?
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What words refer to trying to do something, even though you are unlikely to succeed?
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What words refer to moving quickly?move quickly hurry haste hasten rush forge ahead charge barrel along move like a bat out of hell make a beeline for boil bolt bustle move along at a good clip dart double-time fast fire flash flat-out fling flit fly gallop move like greased lightning be really hopping kick lickety-split plunge in quick race rapid rapidly rapidity run rush sail scour scud shoot move like sixty skim snappily speed stampede streak sweep swift swiftly swing tear apace tilt vroom whiz wildfire zip zoom at full speed at top speed express make tracks burn up the track
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What words indicate that something is done in groups of a certain number?
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What words indicate that a particular number or amount is approximate?
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What words indicate an approximate number when the actual number is possibly more?
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What words indicate an approximate number when the actual number is possibly less?
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What words indicate that something is near enough so that you can do something?
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What words describe something happening at the right time?
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What words describe something happening at the wrong time?
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What words refer to continuing to do something?
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What words refer to seeing something for a very short time?
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What words refer to an occasion of seeing?
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What words refer to making a loud sound?
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What words refer to calling someone?
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What words refer to someone talking at the same time as someone else?
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What words refer to many people speaking in unison?
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What words refer to mocking someone?
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What words refer to despising someone?
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What words refer to being low in status?
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What is a person called who argues a case before a judge?
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What words refer to having an advantage over other people?
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What words refer to having a disadvantage compared with other people?
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What words refer to setting someone free?
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What words describe someone who has been set free?
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What words refer to pulling something, but without making it come away from the thing it is connected to?
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What words refer to reaching for something?
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What words refer to hitting another person?
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What words indicate that something is far from something else?far far away far off afar far afield far and wide a far cry from far apart far removed distant be distant a long distance in the distance some distance a good distance a ways way off a long way (off) a long ways away a fair way quite a ways nowhere near miles (away) yonder wide of clear off all over asunder at arm's length on the horizon the ends of the earth uttermost parts of the earth
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What words refer to staying far from something?
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What words indicate that something happened when you first saw something?
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What words indicate that something happens early in the morning?
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What words indicate that something will happen no earlier than a particular time?
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What words indicate that something happens late at night?
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What words indicate that something will happen no later than a particular time?
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What words refer to the time when something begins?
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What do people say when they want someone else to start?
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What words indicate that a situation exists now?
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What words indicate that someone does something immediately?
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What words indicate that something happened immediately?
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What words describe a modern machine or system?
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What words indicate that an event has happened once?
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What words refer to being at the front of a line?
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What words describe someone who is not good looking?
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What words refer to resting?
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What words refer to starting to love someone?
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What words refer to tempting someone to have sex outside of marriage?
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What words describe someone who is almost dead?
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What words refer to thinking before making a decision?
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What words refer to believing that something is true?
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What words refer to how a person thinks about the future?
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What words refer to the purpose of something someone says?
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What words refer to being so determined that you are even willing to do something bad?
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What words refer to refusing to do something?
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What words refer to insisting that someone do something?
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What words refer to being under someone's control?
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What words refer to being free to do something?
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What words refer to rejecting an offer?
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What words refer to feeling calm?
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What words refer to disliking something?don't like dislike (v) take a disliking to take an instant dislike to have a healthy dislike for not be fond of not keen on not be crazy about not think much of not be someone's cup of tea not be to your taste not be to your liking not be your thing not be your type have no time for not take kindly to don't care for look down on turn up your nose at be unhappy with hold in disfavor feel unfavorable toward be displeased with
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What words refer to feeling disgusted by something?
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What words refer to feeling sorry for a long time?
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What words refer to feeling annoyed?
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What words describe someone who feels nervous?
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What words refer to helping someone to not be shy?
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What words refer to criticizing someone in an unfair way?
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What words refer to gesturing?
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What words refer to indicating something?
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What words are used of joking?
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What words refer to behaving in a proud way toward other people?
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What words refer to doing evil to someone?
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What words refer to suffering because of something you have done?
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What words describe someone who is safe?
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What words refer to being lucky on a particular occasion?
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What words refer to accusing someone?
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What words refer to executing someone for a crime?
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What words refer to attacking someone?
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What words refer to defending yourself from attack?
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What words refer to getting revenge?
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What words refer to fighting a war?
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What words refer to shooting a weapon?
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What words refer to being at peace?
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What words refer to someone telling another that he has done wrong?
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What words refer to biting someone?
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What words refer to living in a place?
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What words refer to something being available for use?
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What words refer to working hard?
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What words describe someone who is in a straight posture?
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What words refer to a relaxed posture?
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What words refer to moving slowly?
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What words refer to turning?
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What words refer to following someone at a distance?
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What words describe someone who has escaped?
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What words refer to separating or scattering things?
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What words refer to two?
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What words refer to counting the number of something?
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What words indicate that the actual number is more than a particular number?
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What words describe something that is less than another thing in number or amount?
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What words describe something that is full?
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What words indicate how deep something is?
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What words indicate that something is a particular weight?
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What words describe something in a vertical position?
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What words describe something in a leaning position?
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What words describe someone or something that is the same as before?
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What words indicate that something happens during the night?
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What words refer to the time between midnight and dawn?
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What words indicate that an event happens last?
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What words indicate that something happens regularly?
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What words indicate that something must be done before a particular time?
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What words indicate that something eventually happened?
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What words indicate that an event happens sometimes?
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What words indicate that something that never happens?
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What words describe an action that is done extremely quickly?
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What words describe an action that is done extremely slowly?
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What words indicate that something is beside something else?
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What words indicate that something is next to something long such as a road?
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What words indicate that something or someone is in a particular place?
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What words indicate that something or someone is not in a particular place?be absent not be here not be around be out not be in be away missing be off not be at not be there absence be gone not present be away nowhere to be found out of sight truant absent without leave AWOL missing in action not show up make yourself scarce minus someone be lacking lose elsewhere somewhere else
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What words indicate that things are arranged with regular spaces in between?
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What words indicate that a situation happened at the same place as another situation?
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What words indicate that something is in the middle of a thing or area?
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What pronouns express indefinite reference of a time?
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What words indicate that something is done one part at a time?
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What do people say when they want someone else to start?
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What words indicate that an opinion is different than the opinion you have just given?
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What words indicate the condition of a conditional sentence?
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What words are used to direct someone's attention to something?
Examples at examples
How do I use at in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I'm at a loss for words.
For some reason I feel more alive at night.
Look at me when I talk to you!
At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.
I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!
We can travel through time. And we do at the remarkable rate of one second per second.
Did you fall in love with her at first sight?
You must go home at once.
You must be back on Sunday at the latest.
You must practice it at regular intervals.
You must do it at once.
You'd better set off at once.
Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.
That is somewhat explained at the end.
If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.
If you look at the song's lyrics, they really don't mean much.
Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.
You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.
I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.
It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
It is not rare at all to live over ninety years.
Life without love has no meaning at all.
Look at me when I'm talking to you.
After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.
I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.
Movie subtitles
Right? Right? Australia, at Melbourne.
Why'd you piss at stranger's house?
When I look at it we can't praise you enough!
But I'm not someone that anyone would like at first sight.
We don't have much food, but do you want to eat at my house?
But why did he look at me that way?
At least in an emergency leave.
You were at the radio?
I'm surprised at how quickly you decided, brother.
You won't answer anyone's questions at all, but you'll ask me questions, huh?
At this rate, the loyalty of us, the Purists, will be questioned.
At any rate, it's a fact that Sir Jeremiah is guilty.
So she's at it again today.
At that time. for us 10 year olds, the world appeared to be a very sad place.
What? You won't answer anyone's questions at all, but you'll ask me questions, huh?
Oh. So she's at it again today.
That's why. I would at least like a world without war. A place where we won't lose dear ones.
From today on, I will be a student at Ashford Academy.
At least let me come with you!
This isn't like Euphemia at all.
We are at the Centre.
But, Nicolaus Copernicus came and said that the Sun stood at the Centre and that we moved around it.
Galileo made a telescope and pointed it at the sky in 1610.
We became usedto it and knew no better than the Sun stood at the Centre and we orbited around it.
It was published in three thick volumes. A copy can be found at the Kapteyn Institute in Groningen.
It was this big achievement that lead Kapteyn to first distinguish himself at that time.
Well, let me take a look at 'em.
No, no, they wouldn't see me at all.
The thing is, usually I'm good at keeping secrets, but it feels weird keeping things from Nick.
Nick was never really mad at me.
Me and my crew hang out at the top of the slide so I can see what's going on in the whole yard, most of which I control.
Look at what they did to us?
It was like she was, like, mad at me for something.
So the game was continued at morning recess the next day.
But nobody scored then either, so it was continued at lunch.
It gets dark at seven.
In autumn it gets dark at seven.
In winter it gets dark at five.
In spring it gets dark at seven.
In summer it gets dark at nine.
News and current affairs
As a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT, I am getting a good preview of what the world could look like when the crisis finally passes.
No doubt, millions of people at the end of the war were too hungry and exhausted to do anything much beyond staying alive.
But, at the same time, a wave of idealism swept across the wreckage, a collective sense of determination to build a more equal, peaceful, and safer world.
But the 1945 consensus was dealt a much greater blow precisely when we all rejoiced at the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the other great twentieth-century tyranny.
Neoliberalism filled the vacuum, creating vast wealth for some people, but at the expense of the ideal of equality that had emerged from World War II.
For everyone else, a kind of state of emergency was proclaimed that has allowed state interference in essential civil rights. Controls at borders have become an ordeal for many, and police persecution now burdens quite a few.
Any train accident or airplane crash is now at first suspected of being an act of terrorism.
But the West's key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.
Terrorists continue to be outliers with limited appeal at best.
Indeed, our research shows that when mutual-recognition agreements include restrictive rules of origin, intra-regional trade increases - at the expense of trade with other countries - and that developing countries tend to suffer most.
First, funds from different sources of finance are interchangeable to a certain degree: deficiency of funds for one component of total debt can be supplemented by surplus funds originally aimed at financing other components.
Since he first appeared at the side of Dr. Chaim Weizmann in the late 1940's during the struggle for Jewish statehood and sovereignty, few people could articulate the Zionist and later the Israeli case with comparable eloquence and conviction.
At a time when public debate in Israel is torn between pseudo-religious nationalist fanatics and anti-Zionists masquerading as post-modernists, the moral certitudes of Eban, for all their urbanity, may sound shallow.
Crown Prince Abdullah's initiative is meant to be made official during a speech at the Arab League summit in Beirut of 27-28 March.
Today, with interest rates near or at record lows in many countries, it is relatively cheap to speculate in gold instead of investing in bonds.
At the start of the crisis, many people likened it to 1982 or 1973, which was reassuring, because both dates refer to classical cyclical downturns.
My father was involved with the United States space program, and we had some moon rocks at home, so I thought it was no big deal.
Jeff Greason, a senior manager at Intel, started XCOR Aerospace (in which I'm an investor).
Controls at borders have become an ordeal for many, and police persecution now burdens quite a few.
Cutting these programs will lower American economic growth in the long term, with negative consequences both at home and abroad.
At the time (2008-2009), large international banks had to be rescued by their home countries' governments when they ran into trouble.
At the same time, emerging-market central banks need to accumulate gold reserves, which they still hold in far lower proportion than do rich-country central banks.
A couple of weeks later, I was faced with one of those conflicts: a board meeting here, a conference there, another opportunity at the same time somewhere else.