Word: bags
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...positions of both the pro-democracy camp and the Chinese leadership in Beijing. The democrats are emboldened, and more determined than ever to push for "universal suffrage": a Chief Executive chosen by the people and not a narrow electoral college; and for a fully elected legislature, not the mixed bag of members currently chosen by either popular vote or professional groups. Beijing, for its part, refuses to be swayed by what it regards as "mob rule," and is resolute in its intention to delay democracy in the former British colony...
...addition to the financial benefits, Lewis wants the workers to feel a connection to the buyer. When she visited the producers this fall, she thanked them and described how much customers love their bags. "I told them that their work mattered," she says. "I have the women in my mind when I'm selling the bags here. It adds meaning to know that when you're buying this bag, you're buying a family dinner back in Vietnam." It's not bad for business either...
...little bit…dare I say it?...touching. (Insert vomit here.) Oh Mischa, the things you do to me!The past three episodes have each had a defining dramatic moment of this kind: Marissa’s nightmare about the shooting; Ryan’s punching-bag fiasco; and this kaleidoscopic flashback. Even though this one was effective, the act needs to stop.Seriously, what’s next? Will Julie be overcome by a flood of repressed memories from her trailer-park childhood? If that prediction materializes, I’m so money…and so incredibly...
...According to Beshears, a 48-year-old IT project manager from the Orlando suburb of Winter Garden, the incident began shortly before the last passengers had taken their seats. Alpizar ran up the aisle, barreling into them. "He had a bag clutched to his chest and his head looked as if his left cheek was resting on the bag," Beshears says. "There were a couple of passengers trying to get back into Coach. There were one or two more passengers trying to take their seats in Coach. He pushed them almost into First Class...
...plane, I didn't see a crystal ball in his hand to say what this guy's mental condition was," he says. And it's not Alpizar's fault either, he says. "I firmly believe that if that man had the mental capacity to stop and surrender his bag and cooperate, he'd be alive today...