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True. But that does not exhaust the meaning of the Twilight books. Certainly some of their appeal lies in their fine moral hygiene: they're an alternative to the hookup scene, Gossip Girls for good girls. There's no drinking or smoking in Twilight, and Bella and Edward do little more than kiss. "I get some pressure to put a big sex scene in," Meyer says. "But you can go anywhere for graphic sex. It's harder to find a romance where they dwell on the hand-holding. I was a late bloomer. When I was 16, holding hands...
Those that have made the grade appreciate the bank's blend of snob appeal and personal service. In a recent survey of U.K. private bank and wealth-management customers published by Market-Dynamics Research & Consulting (MDRC), C. Hoare & Co. achieved a client-satisfaction score of 82. Industry wide, that rate slumped below 60, the lowest in years. Common complaints: poor communication and rapid turnover in bankers assigned to manage relationships with clients. With a fifth of C. Hoare & Co.'s 250 staff clocking up 20 years in the job, the bank pledges a level of personal attention not seen elsewhere...
...This stipulation for rare abortions indicates a moral judgment. This phrase was inserted to appeal to voters who support abortion rights, while still harboring some moral doubts regarding the procedure. According to a 2007 Gallup Poll, only 26 percent of Americans favor legalized abortion in all circumstances, while 55 percent favor legalized abortion in limited circumstances. Most Americans seem to take a middle ground approach to abortion rights, favoring its legality in limited circumstances. This is consistent with the moral ambiguity that typically surrounds the issue for the majority of people...
...short term, the WFP has issued an emergency appeal to the world's governments, urging them to cover its substantial budget shortfall. Britain, Germany and Spain have already pledged extra funds, and Sheeran says she is hopeful Japan, Canada and the U.S. will approve new donations as well. What's more, Sheeran says, "I would say over the medium to long term I am an optimist because the world knows how to grow enough food." The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that cereal production will once again increase in 2008, and bring at least a modest reduction in food...
...Part of the tire swing’s appeal comes from a desire to retread against Harvard exceptionalism. Somewhere in the dusty corners of our brains is an unadulterated belief that college is about guitars and colorful blankets on sunny days, about idle conversations under the spreading chestnut tree, about endless hours sacrificed to the furnace of Frisbee. This is what television told us, it is what our older siblings at state schools told us, and it is—to a large extent—what the Harvard viewbooks told us. When we arrived here to find it mostly...