Word: apartness
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...intrigues me as a Canadian to watch the news media and both houses of Congress tear apart the U.S. Because Oliver North took the Fifth, he is being smeared by the news media and by Congress as almost a traitor. Has it ever occurred to anyone that the opposite may be true? I submit that North is taking the blame to protect not himself but his country. Try giving him the benefit of the doubt until we know better, and let's have some discretion from the news media...
...mayhem and powerless to stop it, U.S. officials could only offer general expressions of optimism. "Obviously it's a blow," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told journalists as her plane crossed Iraqi airspace after a five-day swing through the Middle East, "but whenever someone tries to tear them apart, [Iraqis] find a way to get back together." Over the weekend, President George W. Bush spent an hour on seven phone calls to Iraqi leaders, expressing condolences, thanking them for their appeals for calm and urging them to continue working to form a new government. In private, U.S. officials sounded...
Actress Salma Hayek has serious depth of appeal to Harvard students. Her film roles, ranging from the cult-classic comedy “Dogma” to the critically acclaimed biographical masterpiece “Frida”(2002) have made her a film icon. Apart from her acting chops, Hayek’s sensuous beauty, has twice netted her a spot on People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” list...
Being a citizen, you have a remedy apart from exile. In the real world, private property rights are trumped by Constitutional rights; if you’re a labor organizer trying to picket, you often have access to private property like stores in a mall because you’re engaged in a Constitutionally-protected form of speech...
...even give you Harriet Tubman—enough of us learned about her in elementary school that I can concede that she too offers a valid example of the presence of black women in mainstream black history. But Parks and Tubman are merely exceptions to the rule. Apart from these two, can anyone honestly say that we hear about black women who have contributed in one way or another to the history of black people in America? Just to drive home the seriousness of the discrepancy in historical coverage, give this a try: right now, off the top of your...