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Another answer is to promote civic virtue.
Civic virtue should be promoted.
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News this week isn't in the Owner Mort Zuckerman has fired Editor James Fallows.
The news isn't in without the old editor.
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In Today's Papers for June 5, Scott Shuger
Scott Shuger was prevented from being apart of the paper on June 5th.
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We have to try to do something about the real world in which children are growing up.
Life is carefree for today's children.
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For one thing, it's relentless--80,000 houses.
80,000 houses have been effected.
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Newsweek claims 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. has become crime time for American teen-agers.
American teenagers seem to commit most of their crimes between midnight and 6 a.m.
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But the links may also be genetic or, at the very least, the result of ancient ancestral contact.
In the future, the links will be proven to be genetic.
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The two films cited most often are Heathers , in which Christian Slater is foiled in an attempt to detonate his school, and The Basketball Diaries , in which Leonardo DiCaprio fantasizes about gunning down his classmates and a priest Terminator -style while his buddies cheer.
Christian Slater fails to blow up his school in Heathers
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is available only in the sense that the article doesn't accept the number that is available--thus using its own doubts to lend validity to themselves.
The article uses something other than its own doubts to validate themselves.
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So if the mechanics of affirmative action in the military mimic those of affirmative action in higher education, why hasn't the military taken the same flak?
Fewer people are aware of affirmative action in the military than in higher education.
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O'Connor's desire for a baseball-free Good Friday, on the other hand, is surely heartfelt.
Playing baseball on Good Friday is a dream of O'Connor's
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Furthermore, the filmed sequence closes out the event, and gives viewers an opportunity to shrug it off.
No one was present to see the film sequence.
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It's like campaign-finance reform--the people who control it are products of the system, says online voting evangelist Marc Strassman.
Often the people who control reform are part of the system that needs reformed.
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Seamus Heaney's poem The Little Canticles of Asturias, which appeared in the debut issue of SLATE, contains a mesmerizing image of a smouldering maw/ of a pile of newspapers lit long ago, fanning up in the wind, breaking off and away/ in flame-posies, small airborne fire-ships.
Heaney tried to evoke a sense of great loss in their verse.
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The Other Side of the Rainbow
The rainbow has one side
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The new health scare is a staph germ that is becoming immune to the antibiotic of last resort.
Antibiotics easily kill even the strongest microorganisms
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should not guide our activities in cyberspace.
Might tell us how to act in cyberspace.
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In other words, Bill Gross could break even--provided he was the only advertiser on the Web.
Bill Gross is an ok advertiser.
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That argument which holds that the attempt to raise saving will end up lowering national income, because consumption will fall, and with it profits, output, and employment.
The national income lowers when the attempt to increase savings happens.
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This list was a concession to independent bookstores, many of which were outraged when the Times created hot links between every single book on its Internet best-seller list and Barnes and; Noble's online bookstore, which then gave a 30 percent discount to all the listed books.
People were thrilled by what the Times did
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An accident 40 times worse than Chernobyl is possible.
It is inevitable that we will have another event like Chernobyl.
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In Congress, where people think of themselves as underpaid, there's hostility toward Bill Gates based on the fact that he's got a lot of dough and doesn't share it with people like them.
Many are jealous of the rich.
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Remaining an enigma lets her retain the benefit of the doubt.
She is known for being open.
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Your letter was so charming that Prudie almost forgot it was about a problem.
The problem was pretty small and easily forgotten
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The boycott has been called off, but demands persist for full disclosure of records of Holocaust victims' assets, and there's little sign the Swiss will recover their pristine image any time soon.
The Swiss are boycotted due to their poor image.
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In fact, the evidence thus far is quite depressing in this regard.
The evidence shows that they may be guilty.
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Neither mother nor daughter is made distinctive this time around, except in the most heavy-handed way.
The two are not very entertaining in this movie.
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The news that I am laying waste to an entire generation of men exceeds my greatest ambition in this regard.
Ambitions and laying waste to men refuse to yield results.
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But I love it even more because it has saved me so much trouble.
Though it has saved the author there are some cons for using it as well.
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After-school prayer clubs skirt church-state separation laws and are popping up in as many as 1 out of every 4 public schools in the country.
Church-state separation laws originated in 1791
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As in his Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), the outcome of every scene is predictable, but how Zaillian gets from beat to beat is surprisingly fresh.
The 1993 movie that was about chess was directed by Michael Bay.
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Bush, or the Al Gore who is.
It is either Bush or Al Gore.
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In any case, I was interested to notice that no Hermas-like silk scarves casually grazed secular female clavicles in Istanbul.
The author noted that religious females in Istanbul do not wear casually placed scarves on their clavicles.
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Knightley carefully concludes only that the photograph turns out not to be the clear and simple statement of fact that it otherwise appears.
The photograph is deceptive
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Delicious dish, but watch out for the aftertaste.
This item is bland and forgetable.
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Spins on the monetary 1) It will make Europe the United States' new economic rival.
Europe and the United states never compete with each other
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So--contrary to what we're told by orthodox economic theory--two individuals with exactly the same preferences and exactly the same opportunities can adopt dramatically different attitudes toward saving.
Attitudes towards saving cannot be fully explained by preferences and opportunities
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Is it not clear that such unrestricted applications of the principles of 'equal opportunity' would in practice mean the veritable economic enslavement of the small states and their subjugation to the rule and arbitrary will of strong and enriched foreign firms, banks, and industrial corporations?
Equal opportunity is argued as enslavement for small states.
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Reviewers find the set dull and the frozen Kabuki poses ...
The production was generally rated very poorly.
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The one-day crash of '87, for example, reduced people's net worth by billions without directly reducing by as much as a single doughnut the amount of goods and services or the economy's ability to produce more of them.
The goods and services that power the economy are independent of stock market prices.
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Columba Bush, wife of the Florida governor, declared only $500 worth of goods upon her return from a Paris vacation, but agents found $19,000 in receipts in her passport and fined her $4,100 on the spot.
Columba Bush only bought $200 worth of goods.
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Reverse Triangulation: How Clinton's immoderation helps the Democrats look moderate.
The Democrats look more moderate because of Clinton.
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He permits little discussion--he doesn't think it changes anyone's mind--and races through votes.
he doesn't talk about it and rushes through voting.
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USA Today 's modular layout and bold type anticipated the typical multidimensional Web page, almost inviting the finger to point and click, to follow Christine Royal through the process of her cosmetic surgery, to jump to the daily profiles of Olympic athletes, to explore the depths of the Bosnia power struggle.
Users found the website easier to navigate through at the time.
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He uses it even more than bona fide Christian-right pols do, as Fred Barnes points out, in order to allay suspicions that he may be moderate or indifferent on social issues.
Fred Barnes is suspicious of his motives.
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Instead, you're still leading with Jacob Weisberg on Clinton's African apology (Sorry Excuse) and Cullen Murphy's discourse on lying (The Lie of the Land).
There is a known African apology by Clinton.
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Patients could certainly get annoyed by having to take even a five-minute computer test every time they see a doctor.
Patients don't want to have to do one more thing before seeing their doctor.
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Well, if we extend the co-op's story a little bit, it is not hard to generate something that looks a lot like Japan's problems--and to see the outline of a solution.
The problems will be solved by extending the co-op story.
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Today we cede our vision of '50s female fashion to the movie version, as if that were the real mirror of the decade--everything blatantly cleansed of error, willfully idealized into unreality, odorless, effortless, affectless.
We don't mind the differences between the movie version of '50s fashion and actual '50s fashion.
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George W. Bush takes both covers.
George Bush made sure to get both covers.
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But what will Daimler get?
We know what Daimler has
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The Seagram Co. expanded plans to advertise liquor on television, defying President Clinton's plea to honor the half-century-old voluntary ban.
Bud Light commercials ceased to exist in the United States.
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World Report , Time , Newsweek , Slate , and The New Yorker , said he wouldn't mind the criticism a bit.
He is a politician
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Hence our use of Hanukkah rather than Chanukah.
Chanukah is no longer the correct spelling
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I am generally a fan of Michael Kinsley's, but I must take issue with his recent article, Social From Ponzi Scheme to Shell Game.
Michael Kinsley's article on scams is worthy of a Pulitzer prize.
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He paved the way for the Bronsons and Chuck Norrises and Seagals and Jean-Claude Van Dammes and all the other righteous slayers of post-midnight cable-movie-channel programming.
Chuck Norris is amazing.
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Betsy's logical mind and wonderful laugh, among other gifts, made it all happen (well, most of the time).
Betsy laughs
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The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times withhold the story from their first editions but include it on Page One of the home-delivery editions.
The Washington Post withholds the story on Los Angeles from their first editions
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Time 's education cover package says parents should get their kids reading at an early age, be involved in their schools, not castigate them for mistakes, let them find their own learning styles, and praise hard work and persistence--not just outcomes.
Children like to read before they go to bed.
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When reality interfered (Brenda apparently did not go through with a marriage to an immigrant in search of a green card for $10,000, as she does on-screen), Barker brushed the truth aside as immaterial, following her up the steps of City Hall in her wedding dress because it was true to her character.
Barker brushed the truth aside as immaterial.
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Under my plan, sales taxes would only be not eliminated on certain socially desirable purchases, but also good shoppers would receive an anti-tax, a bonus for their beneficent purchases.
There was widespread support for this new sales tax plan that was proposed.
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But equally strange was Doris Day, whose many movie outfits were conceived as musical-comedy costumes--bright, smooth, and jaunty, every blue and yellow clear and true, every neat hat perfectly matching, and every outline eternally crisp--even if she was supposed to be working in an office or teaching in a journalism s...
Doris Day's costumes were drab
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The play is so wildly miscast and so haplessly misconceived that it is hard to figure out what its creators exactly had in mind, says the New York Times ' Brantley.
A columnist positively critiqued a play.
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But, except on election night, these were a relatively small part of their Web sites, let alone their overall news.
It was a small portion of their web sites on election night.
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I must, however, give you kudos for being the first writer I've ever seen limn Beck's Godley Creme influence.
I refuse to you praise for your achievement
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We know, of course, whose dreams Tom is a character in.
Tom is a romantic figure in someone's dreams.
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The Old 97's take their name from The Wreck of the Old 97, a song popularized by Vernon Dalhart in 1924.
Vernon Dalhart had a long singing career
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Martha's Web readers are younger and richer than her magazine subscribers.
Martha's magazine subscribers are wealthy.
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When Sam Donaldson pointed out on This Week that two Republicans, President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, had pioneered engagement in the Shanghai Communique, George Will I was for impeaching Nixon over the Shanghai Communique!
Some were willing to impeach Nixon over the Shanghai Communique.
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Both magazines move to the pox on all your houses stance.
Neither periodical took on aggressively defensive posturing.
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We may have lumped several different diseases together in describing the syndrome.
We lumped several different diseases together in describing the syndrome to sow confusion.
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They trotted out numerous theories to establish the Kosovo mission's Air power alone had never won a war, the Serbs had proven their invincibility against Hitler, and negotiation backed by gradual military escalation had failed in Vietnam.
gradual military escalation has always worked.
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So long as China continues to develop, Hong Kong will get a substantial chunk of that growth.
Hong Kong will benefit from China's development.
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I can think of no better introduction to the Romantic era.
The author has never heard of the Romantic era.
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Instead, liberals should focus on a more pressing building stronger unions.
More powerful alliances are the top priority of the left.
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Jerry Falwell apologized for saying the Antichrist must be Jewish . At a prayer breakfast, he said, I apologize to my Jewish friends here and around the world and I apologize to the Christians here for having created any kind of rift.
The pastor who said the Antichrist must be Jewish apologized
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None associated the pig with its traditional attributes, dirty or foul smelling.
Nor was it very fat.
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The original statistical work in The Bell Curve consists of regression analyses on a database called the National Longitudinal Study of Youth.
One component of the work titled "The Bell Curve" is statistical calculation.
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For Pundit Completists David Brock profiles Meet the Press host Tim Russert and surveys the competitive world of the pundit shows in this week's New York magazine.
Tim Russert is a Meet the Press host.
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What Medicare is now suffering is not a calamity.
Medicare will not last long.
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But Weld blew this moral advantage by attacking Helms July 15.
The attack occurred on October 29
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Whether the voters deserve it or not, we're likely to hear a lot more in coming spots about which man is better--or worse.
The voters will hear spots
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The wrestlers also enact crucifixions, sadomasochism, and prostitution.
The wrestlers portrayals are tranquil.
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Finally, a sister is getting to go to the ball, says Newsweek 's Veronica Chambers.
Veronica Chambers commented in Newsweek that someone is going to the ball.
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That is labor's real job, the very core purpose of a union.
The labor's real job was to ensure the safety of all workers.
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Which somehow doesn't seem to be the best way to prepare for the next decade.
It's is not an ideal way to prepare for the following decade
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McLaren's followers retaliated by taking as hostages two neighbors who had long clamored for the leader's arrest.
McLaren's followers did not take revenge.
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And you have made other people happy, as well.
Your existence brings joy to others.
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And so all the paradoxes of thrift, widow's cruses, and so on become irrelevant.
Thrift and widow's curses are permanent conditions that will always be relevant.
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In the first Tikkun guide, Reed edges out Bard for the top spot, for what it's worth, as any hierarchy is by nature counterharmonious.
Reed placed second under Bard in the first Tikkun guide.
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The admonition, You become what you behold, has yielded to You become what you belittle.
You become what you belittle is unknown and unheard of.
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In any case, if I had actually been interested in buying the print, with the help of the Web, I would have been in a far better position to negotiate a favorable price.
Using the Web is useful in being knowledgeable about prices.
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It was immediately clear that Lott should not have said this.
Lott has said something controversial.
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He faces a 75% chance that he will be impeached by the full House and put on trial in the Senate.
Very low odds this will turn into anything substantial.
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Greed, liquor, jingoism, and bad taste.
Nationalism is always good
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The Episcopalians are all going to hell.
According to the author, you should be concerned if you are an Episcopalian.
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While it makes no sense to worry that you are living well at your grandchildren's expense, you might legitimately worry that someone else is living well at your grandchildren's expense.
Granparents worry that they take advantage of their grandchildren.
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In the affidavits, Cole lists several components he associates with Internet Explorer, including Wininet.dll, Urlmon.dll, and Mshtml.dll.
Cole associates affidavits with Mshtml.dll
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I win both bets, scoring 125 samoleans.
The author is on a winning streak.
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(A Versace show opened with razor-sharp bias-cut asymmetrical navy dresses, stern except for a frill at the hem and a swatch of black lace that masked eyes.
The Versace dresses are gold
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