vulnerable

Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind

leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control.

weary

Today there are many charitable organizations

which specialize in helping the weary traveler.

adjoin

Glaciers get bigger while temperatures get higher:

impossible? No, perhaps inevitable.

In the zones that adjoin the North and South poles

it's so cold that snow, the raw material of glaciers,

rarely falls.

annex

In exchange for statehood, the Palestinians

were prepared to drop demands for a capital

in East Jerusalem, and allow Israel to annex

about 10 percent of the West Bank.

approximate

Fashion rags around the world are gearing up to

run stories on recession dressing,

the art of finding a way

to approximate a fashionable look even

in the toughest of economic times

articulate

Then-Sen. Joseph Biden also made a huge error

when he acted as if it was strange

that Obama was a "clean," "articulate"

and "bright" African American running for president.

spotlight

A: Some children of Hollywood stars

were born in the spotlight.

B: Yes. I think it's not good for the children,

because they will lose so many things like privacy,

childhood, and other things.