Word: alienates
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...South Korea was evident on Sunday when, right after the "shooting" scare, the Pope presided over rites canonizing 103 martyrs, the first such group ceremony outside of Rome. The new saints were killed under 19th century monarchs of the Yi dynasty, who suppressed what was then a tiny, alien sect. The site of the canonization Mass, Seoul's Yoido Plaza, is usually reserved for the May 8 observance of Buddha's birthday. But since the Catholics' ten-story cross and shell-shaped altar were too monumental to be dismantled in time, the Buddhists agreed to step aside...
Brownmiller correctly points out that "the singlemindedness with which a man may pursue his non-reproductive goals is foreign not only to the female procreational ability, it is alien to the feminine values and emotional traits that women are expected to show." But implicit in this statement is the value judgment that such singlemindedness is a good trait. The author ends her book with a chapter titled "Ambition." Why not end it with a chapter titled "Compassion"? Perhaps comparisons of men and women should begin with a questioning of male-dictated criteria of evaluation...
...just a woman in funny clothes and a jock strap. They don't think the same, except about things like higher math. But neither are they an alien or inferior form of life. From the point of view of the novelist, this discovery has wide-ranging implications....But first, a small digression, partly to demonstrate that when people ask you whether you hate men, the proper reply is "Which ones?"--because, of course, the other big revelation of the evening is that not all men are the same. Some of them have beards. Apart from that, I have never been...
...since January 1, 1982. It reduces the administrative toll because it has one uniform policy instead of Simpson's two-tiered proposal. Furthermore, it eliminates the "residing continuously" qualification, allowing for up to 45 day absences annually and a waiver for absences due to "undue hardship of the alien, his spouse, parent, or child...
While they await the arrival of refugees, the church group has prepared facilities, food, and funds. "We also have to be ready emotionally--we are at risk" as well as the refugees, Wetherall said. Harboring an illegal alien is a federal offense punishible by up to five years in prison...