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...Edward's new benefactor is Peg Boggs, sweet-souled and steel-willed, who somehow convinces her family to accept and house this odd fellow with digital utensils. Peg's neighbors, naturally skeptical of having a monster next door, soon realize that Edward's handicap is also an asset: his scissorhands can sculpt trees into topiary, reshape poodles into dog-show winners and fashion chic hairdos for the ladies. One woman in particular, the vampish Joyce, gets kinda kinky over this man in black with the super-long fingernails, and has a vigorous erotic go at Edward. But his devotion...
...sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi'ites would be comparable to a civil war in the U.S. between Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics. If Iraqis cannot tolerate slight differences in practice of the same religion, how can they embrace democracy? One of the foundations of our democracy is the acceptance of different ideologies, including religion. It's time for Sunnis and Shi'ites to get over their mutual 1,300-year-old grudge. If Americans can accept a multitude of religious creeds among their compatriots, then surely the Iraqis can accept differences in the same religion. Ronn Ohl, Raleigh, North...
...like you know the person handing out the t-shirts and make them feel really awkward for not remembering your name. They’ll probably feel too guilty to not give you a shirt. 12) Freshwomen: Chat up the guys—it’s okay to accept t-shirts...you can’t roofie cotton. 13) Freshmen: You’re still not an upperclassman, you still can’t get into parties, and girls don’t really like younger men (Madonna is an exception...trust us). Tough luck. 14) Faust mask...
...been through it many, many times before," Giuliani tells TIME. "I accept it ... People have every right to explore the positives and the negatives about me. It's true for all these candidates: we all have things we've done right, things we've done wrong." He continues, "That's what this process is about, and you've got to come to peace with it, that it does involve scrutiny, attack, opportunity to explain what you're talking about - and the chance, ultimately, to change things...
...Nobody believed I could do it," he continues. The secret to his success, he explains, in a pure expression of the motivational faith, is that he refuses to accept failure. "I believe there are sensible, commonsense things you can do that will make government once again look to people like a functioning, problem-solving organization...