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Much of the liberal Catholic case against the pope deals with sexuality.
Conservative Catholics have no intention of using sexuality in their talks with the pope.
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I can think of no better introduction to the Romantic era.
The author has many different introductions to the Romantic era which are greater in quality to this one.
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Pre-McGrath, it was even forbidden to review a book published by one's own publishing company.
There are a lot of unspoken rules when reviewing a book.
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Clinton was 36 at the time of his alleged affair with the 21-year-old Ward.
Ward was in love with Clinton.
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Victorious Couch Potatoes
Those who are couch potatoes are victorious by an objective standard.
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When they watched these films in the presence of an authority figure, however, the Americans' facial expressions were essentially the same as when they watched the films alone, whereas the Japanese showed much less negative affect, smiled sometimes, and actually masked negative emotion with smiling behavior.
they viewed the films while authority figures were in attendance.
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This is the third Democrats have overlooked the legal question in the middle.
Five democrats have overlooked the legal question.
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Besides, complains New York 's Mark Stevens, there are more dresses on display than paintings.
The number of paintings outnumber the dresses.
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Her protagonist (Natasha Lyonne) spends her teen-age years being shuttled with her two brothers from one cheap dive to another in the 90210 ZIP code, all because her egregiously unsuccessful father (Alan Arkin) wants them to be educated in the best schools.
The teens had to shuttle from place to place because the unsuccessful father wants them to be properly educated.
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Idon't generally complain about oppressive patriarchal social structures, but Ferberism is a good example of one.
The author doesn't feel that Ferberism has any connection to oppressive patriarchal social structures.
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Has the World Wide Web, which only appeared in 1993, failed us?
The interest has been around since the advent of computing technology.
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The WP reports on last Saturday night's Gridiron Dinner, that annual Washington D.C. court masque in which bigfoot journalists entertain the government's heaviest hitters and vice-versa.
Journalists and government figures enjoy the chance to mingle.
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The PKK has also bombed Turkish targets in Germany.
The Turkish were not bombed in Germany.
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While Podhoretz may be correct in his opinion of Al Sharpton, his comments regarding Sharpton and Jesse Jackson possess a thinly disguised undertone of As he castigates white liberals for assuming that Negroes could do no wrong, his discussion of Sharpton's actions seem to say, Well, what can you expect?
Podhoretz and Sharpton do not have political discussions nor do they engage in politics.
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Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson vows to blow the whistle on candidates who tear down other Republicans.
RNC Chair Jim Nicholson encourages Republican candidates to tear each other down.
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I never spoke to my aunt, and I am not a student of the large literature by and about her.
They had never studied the literature written about their aunt.
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Critics complain that Los Angeles architect Barton Myers' postmodern building, consisting of concert halls and theaters, looks like a cineplex (Mark Swed, the Los Angeles Times ), with interiors that verge on kitsch (examples of steel rods poking out of ceilings; floors inlaid with colored stones).
The new building comes off looking like a movie theater.
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A considerably audible tsk, tsk I send you, Slate.
I am addressing Slate.
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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (October Films).
It is a film.
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They concluded it was caused by the driver's loss of control.
It was caused by elements outside of the driver's control.
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According to those who know him, he has learned why newspapers are a public trust since his unfortunate cereal interview.
Cereal is his favorite breakfast food.
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The reality, though, is that this kind of stuff still happens all the time (even though eventually everyone does seem to get caught).
People get caught in an act.
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We all know people who are essentially hotblooded, or melancholy (which literally means black bile), or phlegmatic, or who view the world with a jaundiced eye.
The word melancholy is derived from a name for a bodily fluid and a color.
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No wonder so many find this market-tested spiritualism so cool.
More people will become spiritual.
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I think Michael Jordan is beginning to get a bit frustrated with his new cohorts in the Washington Wizards front office.
Michael Jordan uses a stress ball to relieve his stress.
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Hence our use of Hanukkah rather than Chanukah.
375 million people celebrate Hanukkah.
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Bloom glides over her motives.
It is a bad thing to glide over your own personal motivations for doing something.
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A writer recounts his experience as a phone psychic.
At least one writer has spent time as a phone psychic.
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Coke refuses to concede, directing inordinate attention to even tiny neighborhoods.
Coke's refusal to surrender is due to their heavy investment into the project.
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John McCain because he has become McCain's friend.
No one likes McCain.
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Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.
The deadly shootout between the Feds and Branch Davidian cult members was responsible for new rules about how to deal with cults.
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We see a worker clocking in while the narrator points to 10 million new jobs and, as the spot cuts to a Kennedyesque Clinton with children, it concludes with the phrase a better future.
A future video showed the worker getting a raise.
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But there have been cases where the candidate gave us relevant numbers--and with success.
The candidate's numbers helped the campaign succeed.
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After its early failure, Hubble now provides vital clues to the universe.
Hubble has provided no insight into space.
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It's a picture of a needy young woman, one whom any older man with something to lose--or half a brain--would have the sense to avoid.
She is the kind of woman any man would be lucky to have.
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If 20 percent of new mutual fund money is now going into indexed funds, as opposed to 3 percent in 1994, we can have some confidence that the indexers are planting the seeds of their own destruction.
If only 10 percent of new mutual fund money is going towards indexed funds we can't at all be confident in our assertion.
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The talking animals and discombobulated cityscapes are so exquisite that I started to snivel about 10 minutes in and more or less kept it up for the next hour and a half.
I was sniveling for an hour and a half.
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The other, largely neglected Imply that the competition, as currently configured, is improbably upscale.
The competition is between several large fashion companies.
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notion of divine sanction for democratic values.
Divinity has no opinion of political values.
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Kondracke screams back that he's used them before, he'll use them again.
Something has a history of use and intended future use.
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either Lee or Chang or Wong.
It was Lee before.
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The more she's covered, the less people care about her, and the more reporters hyperbolize.
When people hear more about this woman, they care less about her.
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Oh, Just Give the Damn Answer
Please, let me ask a question.
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But the most affecting act is the kaddish , the statement of mourning that a son says on the death of his father.
The kaddish is a statement made upon the death of a brother.
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One answer is that the speed with which sexy-sounding scientific ideas get picked up by popular culture is getting alarmingly from Physical Review Letters to the latest best seller by Tom Peters almost before you know it.
Tom Peters is responsible for the speed with which scientific ideas are spread.
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Analysts consider Jiang a clumsy weakling compared with Deng, and are debating whether 1) he will continue Deng's reforms or return to authoritarianism and 2) he can consolidate power or will be outmaneuvered by rivals.
The author asserts that analysts find Deng to be a strong leader.
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It's been a long haul, and very much a gendered haul.
The haul could only be described as short.
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Slate 's take on the culture of impotence.)
Slate says impotence affects a lot of people.
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She made a great number of friends, from village women to guerrilla leaders, multiplying the number of foreign contacts she faithfully reported on the security form required of all CIA applicants.
She made the acquaintance of more than one person during this time.
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At their press conference after the Senate verdict, several House prosecutors interrupted their sermons against the polls to point out where the public agreed with them.
A number of House prosecutors believed there were several areas the public actually agreed with them.
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That, in turn, might cause a peaceful transition from communism.
It is certain there will be a peaceful transition.
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And, as for the type of respect we Machiavelli's advice--that it is better to be feared than loved--will make much less sense in the 21 st century than it did in the 16 th . Goodwill toward America is becoming a national-security asset worth cultivating.
Goodwill toward America is worth cultivating because we have lost a lot of it recently.
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I don't know if this could have been a big studio picture in wide release unless he got financing from someone like Joel Silver.
If not for financing from the wealthy, it is uncertain whether the studio picture could have had a wide release.
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(Or at least, we hope to make this a tradition, and have got away with it for two summers so far.)
Someone is hoping to continue a tradition.
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Moreover, after Gerth's article the White House released a series of documents detailing the decision.
No documents exist regarding the decision.
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a) Starr's top deputy had spent much of the day briefing these people.
Starr was too cowardly to address the people.
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Oh, Just Give the Damn Answer
Provide an answer already.
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The problem, for Slate and other Internet sites, comes from having to charge for usage, when what they're selling is intellectual property with a flat production cost.
Slate makes money on the internet.
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They inhabit the near-boiling water of geysers in Yellowstone, and the even hotter water in volcanic vents on the ocean floor.
The water at Yellowstone park should be cooled in order to protect guests.
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Coming after Don't Look Back , the superb cinema verite documentary D.A.
D.A.'s new documentary is anything but superb.
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His philosophy might have prepared him for his own death
His philosophy dealt with life and death.
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Even his pit bulls restrained themselves.
The animals were allowed to do whatever they wanted to do.
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You know, it's not a bad idea to close the windows when it rains.
It is a good idea to close the windows.
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He sat next to Johnny Carson and in his helium-pitched foreign man voice told jokes without punch lines (Her cooking ees so bad--ees terrible) and did non-impressionistic impressions
Johnny Carson thought the impressions were pretty good.
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Our loyal opposition on the right used to tell us that a man can do anything with his property.
People from the political right used to claim they believed in extensive property owner's rights.
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This is a drop in the bucket.
this is a small amount.
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( Slate 's Explainer examines the bill of attainder at greater length here.)
Slate reported on the bill of attainder.
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(To read Krugman's defense of the World Trade Organization in
Krugman spoke out against the World Trade Organization.
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But they would get farther in their agendas if they would give a little respect to conventional marriage by letting heterosexual people keep the word marriage to themselves.
Marriage is not on the agenda for gay persons.
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Time 's mistake, we think, was its stinting view of history.
Time's generous, abundant views of history were a mistake.
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They cut taxes, they helped balance the budget, and they're putting people on welfare back to work.
They are creating jobs.
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To hold costs down, the $24 billion program doesn't cover kids who are currently insured.
The program's budget was revised early last year.
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They celebrate the U.S. women's comparative innocence.
People ignored the U.S. women's comparative innocence.
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Then you can celebrate your license by getting high.
There's only one or two good ways to get high specifically after receiving your license.
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Pollard handed over information about how the United States tracked Soviet subs.
Information on how the US tracked Soviet Union submarines was handed over by Pollard.
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In biotechnology, as in telecommunications, intellectual-property law remains at an embryonic stage.
Intellectual property law is pristine.
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Individuals' claims to their wealth and income must of course be balanced by the need to finance governmental activities, no matter how few and inconsequential they may be.
It is important for people to use their finances to support government programs.
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'If prison is going to be my next home,' he did not quip, 'I'd better get used to this.
The author is going to end up living in prision.
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Thus, the putting-in-place of the final piece of Roosevelt's and Truman's grand design for a free world--a piece that they had tried and failed to put in place in their day--would be an accomplishment to be proud of.
Roosevelt and Truman had no large-scale plans for the world, their concerns were purely regional.
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Newt Gingrich said that if the evidence holds up, the United States should consider a military strike against Iran.
Newt Gingrich wants the United States to consider military action against Iran.
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Scientists have learned how bacteria can build up in gaps in the gum, cause infection, weaken the jawbone, and eventually murder teeth.
Most weak jawbone issues are caused by bacteria.
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, and appeared here in 1977.
This first was discovered in the twenty-first century.
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Affirmative action in its current guises is unlikely to be the best or even a good way forward
affirmative action has saved millions of dollars.
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Click here to sign up for e-mail delivery.
To get e-mail delivery, please mail a certified letter to this address.
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9. Don't define yourself merely by your enemy.
At least ninety percent of the way you define yourself should be based on friends and people who support you.
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Another school of thought contends that faith and reason occupy two different realms of knowing.
Yet another school contends that faith pertains to emotional knowledge, while reason is logical.
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Dutch World, where all sorts of fictional characters created by Edmund Morris come out to play with children of all ages!
The characters created by Morris are all real people are actually exist.
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I'm afraid this is kind of a one joke question, and the joke is cheap and easy blasphemy.
The joke is extremely funny and respectful towards other religions.
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Signs of a renaissance of the handwritten word are here and there discernible.
The handwritten word may be going through the beginning of a renaissance period.
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When high-status males leave their wives for a younger model, you can stigmatize them, damaging their social, and even professional, standing.
Men of high-status are justified in leaving their wives.
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We don't trust Madison Avenue to tell us the truth about fabric softener, so why are we letting it brainwash our children about drugs?
Madison Avenue has never been subject to any criticism or distrust.
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By sidestepping obvious cliches (rushing crowds, crashing waves) in an effort to make a sensitive and tasteful show about a trashy subject, says Newsday 's Linda Winer, the production achieves only banality.
The production does make efforts to avoid common tropes.
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She and her colleagues could trust him to win peace without appeasement.
He was capable of establishing peace without giving up too much.
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This moderate course doesn't satisfy the most avid consumerists.
The avid consumerists were hoping for a less aggressive approach.
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But less tendentious media outlets have also reported on Albright's ethnic background.
Albright's ethnic background is reported on in both controversial and mundane ways.
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Nixon's Watergate sins (dismissed by the public on the eve of the election as, at most, the work of overzealous campaign aides) caught up with him in his second term.
It was in his second term that President Nixon became in trouble for the events at Watergate.
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Now, the pope himself attends Lutheran and Jewish services as a participant!
The pope has gone to services other than Catholic mass.
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The villains were the blacklisters.
The blacklisters fought diligently against the villains.
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Music critics complain about the computer's tin ear, but artificial intelligence experts are impressed.
Music critics are annoyed by the limitations of the computer to make music.
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No doubt there would be other occasions that clearly met the standard where intervention was unrealistic.
Intervention is always a relaistic option.
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