One morning, a few years ago, Harvard President Nell Rudenstine overslept. 41) ____.
Only after a three - month sabbatical--during which he read essayist Lewis Thomas, listened to Ravel and walked with his wife on a Caribbean beach--was he able to return to his post. That week, his picture was on the cover of Newsweek magazine beside the banner head line "Exhausted !"
In the relentless busyness of modem life, we have lost the rhythm between action and rest. I speak with people in business and education, doctors and day - care workers, shopkeepers and social workers, parents and teachers, nurses and lawyers, students and therapists, community activist and cooks. Remarkably, there is a universal refrain," I am so busy". The more our life speeds up, the more we feel weary, overwhelmed and lost.
42) _____.Instead, the whole experience of being alive begins to melt into one enormous obligation. It becomes the standard greeting everywhere, &q
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manufacturers, which were resisting recycling programs because of the
costs. Aided by hp’s energetic lobbying, the greens persuaded state lawmakers to adopt a landmark program that forces electronics companies to foot the bill for recycling their old equipment. "This bill puts our market-based economy to work for the environment," said Washington Governor Christine O. Gregoire as she signed the plan into law on Mar 24. The movement to recycle electronic refuse, or "e-waste," is spreading across the nation, and so is hp’s clout. The company helped the gr A. Maine. B. Washington. C. Minnesota. D. New Jersey. 我来回答: 提交
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