From 1988 to 2000, the average systolic blood pressure, the higher number in a blood pressure reading, reflecting pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, rose 1.4 millimeters of mercury, to 106 from 104.
Her devotion to reading reflects her traditional status as the piously repentant harlot, as well as a prophetess or seer.
In a world driven by the forces of individualism and consumerism, reading, reflecting on and discussing classics will provide a healthy perspective on (and counterbalance to) the economic, ecological and social challenges of our times.
It will be nice to write the notes, but reading, reflecting, or building on the notes really helps when you need it most.
They come to Fifth Avenue, the branch libraries, the Schomburg Center and the Performing Arts Library not only to read, reflect and do research but also for exhibits, lectures and concerts.
For a century, New York been a magnet for such economically marginal figures, whose role it was to stroll, read, reflect, write and, especially, critique the way the rest of the world lived.
Expecting them to read, reflect and comment on things they would not normally otherwise encounter may be unpopular in the tutorial room, but it's a key element of undergraduate life.
The books he chooses to read reflect quite well the breadth of his tastes.
I do not know if the statements and articles I read reflect the majority of the gay world, but I sincerely hope not.
Instead, the film allows Arendt's decades-old arguments, presented through carefully curated quotes, to linger on the screen, asking the viewer to read, reflect, and perhaps reread before moving on.
