ONCE a place of higher learning, later a place of less-lofty activities, a 21-acre site here is about to be transformed into a slice of the good life, say city officials and the developers chosen to do the job.
From my lofty pedestal of AirBnb sofa mattresses and activity-free itineraries, I spend most of my holidays feeling comparatively local.
Rather than lofty ideals or theories, the day-to-day activities and interactions with others mold, shape, and reinforce personal values and codes.
In 1996, an expert panel sponsored by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAAA) predicted that maximum sunspot activity for the year 2000 would reach a lofty 160 events.
To further endeavours as lofty as "humanising digital", some participants engaged in "commando networking" and even such activities as "design thinking" at the "thin edge of the innovation wedge".
More generally, we pay attention to what we think ought to make us happy – to our lofty judgments about a "meaningful life" – instead of moment-to-moment feedback about which activities actually bring us feelings of pleasure or purpose.
Despite Mr. Berger's lofty intentions, it was not long before the motel became a magnet for nefarious activity.
If the mind is the activity of the brain, this means only that the brain is capable of such lofty and astonishing things that their expression has been given the names mind, and soul, and spirit.
Multiplayers usually render a game down to its most mechanical form and have a lot of fun doing so, but their activity detracts from loftier design goals.
