Maybe it's just that a 50-minute imposed stillness creates a welcome, needed opportunity for reflection.
In 1977, a school for the deaf was established in Managua, Nicaragua, providing a desperately needed opportunity for deaf Nicaraguans, who had been isolated.
What may be an environmental or public health imposition for one is seen as a desperately needed opportunity for another.
In poor urban outskirts, isolated towns and rural locales -- where infrastructure is scant, access to capital spotty at best and technical expertise, tools and machinery virtually nonexistent -- 3-D-printing provides a desperately needed opportunity for building a Third Industrial Revolution infrastructure.
But the combination of fast food and gay marriage was irresistible to politicians, activists and preachers — people who need opportunities for good symbolism, for low-cost ways to signal where they stand.
"We need opportunities for people to see and feel it.
We conclude by identifying future research needs, opportunities for methodological improvement and policy interventions.
Although working with families is the backbone of treatment for AN, young people also need opportunities for confidential discussion.
Therefore, apprentices need opportunities for active, productive participation in work processes, rather than just taking observational roles or performing isolated, monotonous work.
And, importantly, they need opportunities for employment.
