passionate
6.12.21
Bookin said conversations can at times become passionate. But at the most recent meeting, everyone agreed that a mixer would be beneficial. “The mixer is going to be really important,” Bookin said. “The thing that is really going to change the perception of the issue here in Oakland is education. It’s getting people to come out and actually interact and have a barbecue and have a beer.”
—Sarah Ravani, "Something surprising happened in Oakland when a homeless man organized a community discussion," 12 Jun. 2021 {4:00 AM}
Bookin said conversations can at times become passionate. But at the most recent meeting, everyone agreed that a mixer would be beneficial. “The mixer is going to be really important,” Bookin said. “The thing that is really going to change the perception of the issue here in Oakland is education. It’s getting people to come out and actually interact and have a barbecue and have a beer.”
—Sarah Ravani, "Something surprising happened in Oakland when a homeless man organized a community discussion," 12 Jun. 2021 {4:00 AM}
10.13.20
Asked about the death of George Floyd, Barrett said it was “very, very personal,” referencing her own Black children, but declined to discuss the “nature of the problem.”... Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), however, replied, “I just don't believe you can be as passionate about originalism and the history behind language that we’ve had for decades if not centuries without having some thought about where we stand today.”
—Jordain Carney, "Barrett sidesteps Democratic questions amid high-stakes grilling," 13 Oct. 2020 {1:00 PM EDT}
10.6.20
Ghez is the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, after Marie Curie in 1903, Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963 and Donna Strickland in 2018. “I hope I can inspire other young women into the field. It’s a field that has so many pleasures. And if you’re passionate about the science, there’s so much that can be done,” Ghez said.
—Celine Castronuovo, "Three scientists win Nobel for black hole research," 6 Oct. 2020 {9:45 AM EDT}
Asked about the death of George Floyd, Barrett said it was “very, very personal,” referencing her own Black children, but declined to discuss the “nature of the problem.”... Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), however, replied, “I just don't believe you can be as passionate about originalism and the history behind language that we’ve had for decades if not centuries without having some thought about where we stand today.”
—Jordain Carney, "Barrett sidesteps Democratic questions amid high-stakes grilling," 13 Oct. 2020 {1:00 PM EDT}
10.6.20
Ghez is the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, after Marie Curie in 1903, Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963 and Donna Strickland in 2018. “I hope I can inspire other young women into the field. It’s a field that has so many pleasures. And if you’re passionate about the science, there’s so much that can be done,” Ghez said.
—Celine Castronuovo, "Three scientists win Nobel for black hole research," 6 Oct. 2020 {9:45 AM EDT}