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One of the most famous of all photographs is Robert Capa's 1936 Moment of Death , taken during the Spanish Civil War.
Robert Capa had always had mixed feelings about his famous photograph.
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(Saint Johnswort makes your skin sensitive to sunlight.)
Saint Johnswort will make it more likely for you to get sunburned when in the sun.
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The Taliban is both a product of and a reaction to the civil war that has gripped Afghanistan since the demise of the Soviet-backed regime in 1992.
The civil war in Afghanistan will go on for a long time.
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His skepticism and short fuse, which once seemed so radical, are taught at the Actors Studio.
It is because of these personality traits that he became a great actor.
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Remaining an enigma lets her retain the benefit of the doubt.
She gave away no information.
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First is the pseudomoderate's If both sides are mad at us, we must be doing something right.
The author approves when both sides of an argument do not agree with him.
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Meanwhile, merger mania has seized the telecom industry.
Too much power is being accumulated through telecommunication mergers.
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Almost instantly, kids in each group formed bonds of loyalty and group identification.
The kids were separated into groups by camp counselors.
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But the overall thrust of the incarceration section of the 1994 edition is that too many criminals are avoiding jail sentences.
According to the 1994 edition all criminals go to jail.
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There are lots of enormous rocks, anyway, which in my experience tends to mean lots of enormous snakes.
Snakes don't tend to appear around large rock formations.
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First, two students were charged with killing their infant in a motel room and dumping it in the trash.
The students are known for being responsible.
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(She'd better get cracking.)
She needs to start immediately because she slept past her alarm.
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Bob Smith quit the GOP and will run for president as an independent.
He will run as an independent.
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And ads on the Internet, at least so far, lack oomph.
advertisements on the Internet have no vigor.
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Even if he remains uncorrupted, the president will be immersed in the concerns only of the wealthy and will lose all feeling for the lives of everyone else.
If the president is corrupted he will only be concerned with the poor.
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The report expresses shock at the flagrant illegality of the expenditures.
The expenditures were perfectly legal.
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Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week.
Our talks this week have been really awful, Marjorie.
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This is all pure high-toned and irritating, vibrating with barely curtailed snobbism, but also venturing hard queries and unpopular responses.
It is very pleasant and soothing.
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The American left has gone international to win a phony treaty that curbs greenhouse gases, Kristol alleged, because they can't accomplish their goal domestically.
Kristol believes the internation treaty is phony and ineffective.
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But instead of finding his behavior humiliating, as she now tells the Star was the case, the friend says she laughed it off.
his behavior lead to very serious repercussions.
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On Meet the Press , he insisted that the $150 he allots to each person's monthly insurance premium is not a cap.
He appeared on Meet the Press.
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The old western was almost always a tale of a courageous loner imposing order on lawlessness, as in the Wayne films and Shane (1953).
John Wayne was most well known for his starring roles in western films.
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We've come a long way together from Strom Thurmond's ass (which, while not free, is surprisingly affordable), and if online technology were not in its infancy, right about now I'd be buying you all a round of free-range rug shampoo.
Free-range rug shampoo is the group's inside joke.
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He is, as one writer put it, the efficient ethnic cleanser.
He was the most efficient at ethnic cleansing.
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The long Relax, dynasties haven't killed the men's game.
dynasties are no longer associated with bloodlines.
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It seems suitable in Saudi Arabia, for example, where women can't vote, since it squashes public expression along with hair.
Elections in Saudi Arabia see a large turnout of female voters.
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On Friday's NewsHour , Gigot asks, Is this a Republican Congress?
Gigot thinks it's a Republican Congress.
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There are some smart people--most notably Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs--who believe that, but my view is that Asian economies had gone seriously off the rails well before last summer, and that some kind of unpleasant comeuppance was inevitable.
Jeffrey Sachs has multiple degrees from Harvard.
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First, it loses sales of Windows 95.
There were gain in sales of Windows 95
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The game of payback never ends.
Payback is never-ending.
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Albright says her parents expressed vivid recollections of childhood Easter and Christmas celebrations . These recollections may well have been true.
The Albrights only celebrated jewish holidays.
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The newer ballets aim for more universal and fundamental emotions than amazement--for a sense of beauty, or joy, or love, or sorrow.
Ballets emotions are expanding beyond amazement.
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Or he may You're in the wrong place.
You got lost on your way to your destination.
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In Today's Papers for June 5, Scott Shuger
Today's Papers for December 17th, Scott Shuger
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And can anybody remember Renee Richards, the transsexual tennis-playing physician?
Renee Richards was a cisman who worked as a doorman.
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Other no story line, cheap puns, and heavy-handed sexual innuendo.
that story had surprisingly no sexual undertones.
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The anti-HMO strategy is also evidence of the pernicious influence of Anecdotal Politics.
The use of HMOs is in the best interest of the American people.
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I don't know, but I'll bet Joan Didion does.
Joan Didion definitely knows the answer to your question.
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In 1990, Milliken supplied crucial seed money to the Economic Strategy Institute, a think tank headed by former Reagan administration official Clyde Prestowitz; thereafter, he contributed more than 10 percent of ESI's budget.
Miliken gave money to a think tank prior to 1995.
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There have even been some frustrated musings among conservative writers and pundits that the people are not necessarily all-wise.
Some conservatives are unhappy and doubtful about the wisdom of the people.
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How does one tell foresight from fear?
Fear and foresight lead to the same outcomes
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I've been hit with a restraining order prohibiting me from finishing the sentence.
The sentence was finished and wrapped up the story compactly.
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But aside from a few exceptions, the supply of genuinely offensive language has dwindled almost to nothing as the 20th century comes to an end; the currency of swearing has been inflated to the brink of worthlessness.
no language was considered offensive until the 17th century.
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(Violence among theatrical people, on the other hand, can be entertainingly savage, cf, All About Eve .) In all the hullabaloo about violence in popular entertainment, movies and television were often chastised, the stage never.
The viewing audience is often turned off by the excessive violence portrayed on television.
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So long as China continues to develop, Hong Kong will get a substantial chunk of that growth.
If China continues to develop then Hong Kong's economy will collapse.
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He's in his own league.
He is held in a high regard amongst his peers.
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He can tell her of something bad that has happened without fearing that she will think he is complaining.
She will not think he is complaining.
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The brand that we now think of as irresistible seemed tired and used up, and this now seamlessly efficient company lacked even a formal business model before 1983.
Coming up with a business plan was paramount to the company's success post 1983.
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Also, most individuals do not screen their e-mail address books politically, meaning that a solicitation sent out to all a person's contacts may well end up in the hands of someone who doesn't want it--which could turn into a public relations problem.
E-mails accidentally get sent to people that don't want them.
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I noticed this as I was moving the furniture on the second floor back into the bedrooms.
What I noticed is a scratch on the hardwood floor in one of the bedrooms.
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Jeb Bush's wife lied to customs agents.
Jeb Bush's wife was trying to hide something from the customs agents.
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So there is no way yet to know for sure who wins and loses.
It's impossible to be certain about who is going to lose.
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Since Restoration comedy, the normative couple--he the rake and she the one who will never, ever agree to marry anyone--find themselves in society ( office structure) at the highest levels and must prove themselves to one another by being bright, competent, and able to handle lesser people in their circle.
In the normative couple, the woman is eager to agree to get married to her suitor.
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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.
If your grandchildren are generous they will be taken advantage of.
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recognized that the president had committed falsehoods under oath, said Rep.
The president had committed lies under oath.
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This, surely, is where the Clinton sex policy and the Clinton social policy combine.
Clinton's sex and social policies work well together for the good of the American people.
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I find it interesting that Alfred Gingold, in Onward, Christian Clothiers, doesn't have a problem with pro-abortion T-shirts or vulgar T-shirts (shit happens, coed nude basketball, bitch on wheels, etc.) but finds it necessary to tee off on evangelical Christian apparel.
Gingold's views stem from the belief that Christian merchandise does not sell.
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Republicans have also evolved a bit on the issue of executive privilege, the doctrine that protects communications between the president and his top advisers.
Executive priviliege protects presidential communication.
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Again the question is asked, again Burton feigns.
There has been questions asked before.
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Oh, and let's cut out all this huffing and puffing about Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein has a lot of people angry and thinking about him.
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I remember the epigraph of James T. Farrell's book Studs Lonigan , which I read more than 60 years
James T. Farrell has not written any books.
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The verdict?
The ruling is still under review.
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To succeed, a propaganda campaign need not convince its audience; it need merely suck the oxygen out of the lungs of its foes.
A propaganda campaign works by damaging foes, not by convincing it's audience.
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Which somehow doesn't seem to be the best way to prepare for the next decade.
This struck everyone as the absolute best way to plan and prepare for the next decade.
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Lewis won the close bout in a unanimous decision , making him the first undisputed titleholder since 1992.
Lewis lost the bout by way of knockout.
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Does this mean that unpopular individual rights are in peril?
It could mean that unfavorable individual rights are in danger.
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The 1992-93 famine lacked the central direction of a genocide, and its victims were not murdered on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion.
Most of the victims were executed by firing squad.
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Afterward, the doctors compare the results of the placebo surgeries with those of real operations.
The doctors looked at the results from multiple surgeries.
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Despite all the completely compelling arguments offered in the preceding paragraphs, it would be silly and dishonest to insist that
The arguments were shallow and meritless.
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Slate writer Mickey Kaus calls them).
Mickey Kaus phones them.
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Critics revel in his caustic humor and vengeful gossip about new-media moguls (he describes one AOL exec as a fat man, an ugly man, sweating like crazy).
Critics enjoy his type of humor.
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He thought that the use of these drugs would make the population indifferent and willing to accept control by political leaders.
He believed that using these drugs would mean total compliance to political leaders.
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But the screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy ( The Full Monty ), has a thing about bringing macho men down to earth with a thud.
Beaufoy is a screenwriter.
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This is another way of saying that in the last 30 years, the people who owned America have lost 40 percent of their wealth held in the form of equity.
One should expect equity to gain value over time.
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Listen, for instance, to the 33 minute Circle in the Round, in which Hancock plays celesta and the band is joined by guitarist Beck, and imagine it being played on FM radio.
The Circle in the Round is 33 minutes long.
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Whites who never practiced discrimination are nonetheless beneficiaries of it.
All whites have practiced discrimination although it hasn't helped them.
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Can I, should I, even, expect her to change?
The author isn't sure if she is going to change.
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The McCain campaign has more specific evidence of success.
McCain campagin has evidence of success.
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All this time, the land for the library has sat undisturbed, covered with tall weeds and empty buildings, its intended purpose marked only by a banner that has grown progressively more tattered.
The land is in the country of Brazil.
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For instance, as the mobility of capital reduces the power of unions, the chance for including labor rights in the world trade treaty known as GATT--the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs--grows remote.
GATT is an acronym for the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs.
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Once all the world smiled benignly when an adult took an interest in a scoutmaster and troop, priest and altar boy--what could be more wholesome?
Adults took on the roles of troop scoutmaster and religious priest.
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For a turnaround to be real, the company has to become not merely profitable but also positioned for steady growth.
A company can still not have a real turnaround even if they're very profitable and growing.
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The Times claimed that the number boycotting never reached a critical mass that would have threatened the integrity of its list.
The reason that the protesters were protesting was valid.
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But in the long run, it's unavoidable.
It can be avoided.
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To take only the most extreme Outright bribes do not, as far as we can tell, play a big role in determining federal policies--and who doubts that they would if they were legal?
The author sees the dominant role bribes play in determining federal policies.
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And bicycles, once the vigorous instruments of suburban freedom, are rarely spotted in the playground; parents fear for their kids in heavy suburban traffic.
Bicycles are rarely spotted because of parents fear of heavy traffic.
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He's calling all hands on deck.
Someone is calling for everyone to be prepared.
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Lauderdale at spring break--and notes that the vote for the Nixon inquiry was 410-4, not the 256-178 tally for the Clinton inquiry.
The Nixon inquiry's results were due to mounting public support for impeachment.
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Only a handful of the 200,000 Serbs have come back to the Krajina.
There were some Serbs who did come back to the Krajina.
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And parents of both sexes should remember that growing children are the fastest-paced Americans of them all.
Other fast-paced Americans include those living on the West Coast.
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The pessimistic This robs the WNBA of suspense and makes it boring, which a fledgling league can ill afford.
The WNBA needs more suspense.
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Likewise, the Israeli army's chief medical officer, responding to the public outrage, said that if authorities ban his doctors from practicing on fallen soldiers, it will be the injured who will suffer.
Many enlisted soldiers joined the public in their outrage over the practice of using deceased soldiers as test subjects.
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Now think what would happen if Microsoft had a monopoly in the browser market.
Microsoft isn't involved in the browser market.
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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.
The largest concentration of these prayer clubs is in the southwestern United States, but exist across the country.
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Russian mothers traveled to Chechnya, pulled their sons off the front lines, and brought them home.
Some Russian mothers could not find their sons in Chechnya.
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You could argue that Joe Avid is so hooked on Slate that we can afford to put him over a barrel at the micropayment rate, even though it means that he will pay a lot more.
Joe Avid has an addiction to Slate.
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And what, exactly, is the line between stalking and not stalking, anyway?
Stalking and not stalking are the same thing.
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1 bank in loans, deposits, business lending (large and small), and ATMs (15,000);
This bank offers a 5% APY Savings account for college students.
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Being loyal Republicans, Lamar's contributors talk about such happenings only obliquely.
Lamar's contributors are Republicans.
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I can confirm he does, for I have tried to convey the same Ionian Enchantment in my recent book How the Mind Works.
The newest book is available.
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