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...tricky thing in a relationship to figure out what is the thing that I'm going to shut my eyes and let it go and what I'm going to challenge and draw attention to. Somewhere in every relationship we have to find enough space to be able to absorb the contradiction that we very much love this person but sometimes we absolutely cannot tolerate their company at all. I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know anybody who's married for a long...
...since the Live Aid famine-relief concerts of 1985 had the world's compassion been so galvanized. At one point, Britons were donating nearly $14,000 a minute to the main tsunami relief fund. The wave slammed into Asian and east African shores, but the whole world seemed to absorb some of its impact, some of its grief. Today we can reflect upon what our overwhelming response five years ago means as we face other global emergencies: that out of nature's darkest hour can come one of humanity's finest...
...grow enough to maintain footing for all the properties. You'll see a hit at some of the other properties." Nevertheless, Govertsen also believes visitor growth will rise next year and expects a modest uptick in the city's revenue per available room, which could help the city absorb the new inventory...
...rest of the cast seems too nauseous or too stupid to see through. The Part About Archimboldi is the novel’s most ambitious section, and it’s most beautiful. The novelist is Arturo Belano’s kindred spirit, a secret brother who seems to absorb the whole weight of his tragic experience—from his time in the Werhmacht on the apocalyptic Eastern Front to his haunting stay in a rest home for the demented—with a consciousness that remains totally opaque but for his books. But he’s more...
Changing the calendar has been tricky. With the first academic year under the newly reformed calendar nearly halfway complete, students have begun to absorb its implications, and an unintended consequence of calendar change has emerged—namely, the end of the semester has become considerably more stressful for students than in previous years. Given that one often-cited goal of calendar reform was to reduce student stress, this is an issue that the administration ought to seriously address when fine-tuning the calendar for future years...