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...hardships and losses I’ve witnessed—whether individually felt, communally experienced or both—it was the near death of my best childhood friend that dealt the most crushing blow. The slow, natural dissolution of our friendship over the years had been a great loss, but her accident and consequent medical trauma truly shook me to my core because it showed me how much, and for how long, I’d missed...
...sort of small, Because we're closer to the ground And you are bigger pound by pound, You have no right, You have no right To push and shove us little kids around. Now just because your throat Has got a deeper voice And lots of wind to blow it out At little kids who don't dare shout, You have no right, You have no right To boss and beat us little kids about. Just because you've whiskers on your face to shave, You treat us like a slave. So what? It's only hair. Just because...
...days before anyone knows the exact tallies from elections that Khamenei, despite his upbeat words, knows alienated many Iranians, young and old. But whatever the precise totals, the results are likely to hand Khamenei's conservative political allies a healthy majority in the 290-seat Majlis, dealing a devastating blow to reformists who swept into the assembly four years ago trumpeting an era of democratic change...
What is the audience for this Passion? Many Christians--who would appreciate the message--may be repelled by the film's unrelenting bloodletting. The teen boys who make box-office winners every Friday night may like the blood, but they want their heroes to fight back and blow stuff up. Nor is this exactly a date movie. No, the audience profile for The Passion of the Christ is fairly narrow: true believers with cast-iron stomachs; people who can stand to be grossed out as they are edified. And a few movie critics who can't help admiring...
...running from flying rocks, with text that reads, "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!" Some stores, including Bon-Macy's, have pulled the shirts. "They are part of a larger trend of male and father bashing," says Sacks. "Stopping the sale of these shirts is an initial blow to the boy-bashing culture." David & Goliath president Todd Goldman says the shirts are meant to be fun. "[The cartoon boy] is just like Charlie Brown," he says. "Remember how Lucy used to torment him with the football...