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...course, we belong to a nation that promises to protect us, educate us and provide us with all the opportunities of our fellow citizens. And we each have to pay our share to the government in order that America may stick to those promises. But each of us should pay a percentage of his or her personal income that is exactly equal to that paid by every other American. If I make less than my neighbor, I have no right to pay a lesser percentage; and if I make more, it would only be vindictive to force...
...know everybody, and I don’t want to distance myself by saying I’m in a particular group,” Thapa says. “It’s nice to hang out with other Nepalis, but I don’t want to belong to any...group...
...half-Japanese movie star who, thanks to his protean good looks and versatile acting skills, has become the Asian film industry's Johnny Depp?a quirky, unpredictable leading man capable of seducing audiences no matter how dark or oddball the role. Kaneshiro is "mysterious," says To. "He doesn't belong to Hong Kong, Taiwan or anywhere." Indeed, in his eclectic 10-year career, Kaneshiro?who speaks five languages and has made films in four countries?has trained his chameleon-like talents on a remarkable array of characters. In Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels, he played...
...addition to addressing the inordinate amount of sexual assault cases, the report attacked Air Force officials for propagating a “gender climate” where one in five male cadets don’t believe women belong at the Academy, according to a survey of students. As women comprise a considerable portion of our military—approximately one-fifth—the idea that their male comrades resent their enrollment is appalling...
...don’t know something, instead of mindlessly concluding incompetence, we might ask why we don’t know it and realize that we are probably not alone in that particular ignorance. The more we hide, the more we feel that we don’t really belong at a place like Harvard. Useful information about course content and campus life is not availed to us and deadening mindlessness replaces authenticity...