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...disappointed when Wordsworth closed,” said customer Carmen Christy, a former resident of Cambridge. But she is happy to see the opening of Blank...
...Michael Shanahan is struggling to find the Spanish word for pedophilia. First, he ad libs, referring in Spanish to the "crimes of the priests." Then, seeing the rows of blank faces, he resorts to saying pedophilia with a Spanish accent--which turns out to be right. A white Roman Catholic priest of Irish descent ministering to a mostly Hispanic congregation, Shanahan, along with his flock, is the picture of the Roman Catholic Church's future in the U.S. For a year and a half, he has been the only full-time pastor for the 600 families, most of them Puerto...
...March, Americans gave their President a 75% approval rating, according to a Time/cnn poll, and 70% said the U.S. should use military force to remove Saddam Hussein. Not only does Bush command the huge forces of the globe's only super-power, but Americans have given him a blank check to use them. Blair has now committed some 6,000 troops to Afghanistan, an important political marker before the summit. He nevertheless remains a junior partner whose public is a drag anchor...
...contrast with those expansive views, Levitt also frequently collapses her depth of focus. Brick walls—blank or covered in graffiti—provide frequent backdrops, and for this reason her pictures could truly be anywhere, but they carry a special connotation because the audience knows it is New York. It begs the question: Were these pictures not taken in New York, would they carry the same emotive force? Given the set of ready associations that the city has in our cultural memory, likely not. However, this is Gotham unlike many have ever witnessed. Levitt?...
...speech. While many students are exceptionally gifted at expressing themselves in writing and have the ability to think of convincing arguments, they stumble when it comes to verbalizing them. Understandably, it can be daunting to speak out in section. After embarking with what seems to be a good point, blank incomprehension or condescension on the faces of classmates can lead to rambling diversions and oral absurdities...