Word: callings
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...golf fans still love him - maybe not the way you love a best friend or a golden retriever. They love him the way you love mountain peaks or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Philosophers call it the Sublime, which you love because it takes your breath away...
...wait - the guy doesn't come home. He doesn't call. You have no idea where he is. And you're fine with that? I wasn't fine. In the book you see all sorts of inner tantrums I'm having. It wasn't that I was fine with it. It was just that I realized that if I engaged in the drama, there would be more pain. And we live in such a reactionary society that we think, in order to be powerful, we need to fight. I think that's a shame...
...Like this: Shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday, the superstar strode to the first tee as the crowd roared. Call it the roar of nostalgia, for here was the Tiger of memory, just as broad-shouldered and wasp-waisted and carved-marble as ever. They roared again when the announcer declared: "Fore, please. Now driving, Tiger Woods." Call that the sentimental roar...
...workers washed the blood and rubble from the streets and families mourned the nearly 70 people killed in the violent revolution that swept Kyrgyzstan, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put in a caring phone call on Thursday, April 8, to Roza Otunbayeva, the opposition leader now in command of the impoverished Central Asian state. He promised her financial aid, legitimacy and a "special relationship" with the Kremlin, and she gladly accepted. The move was significant: it seems clear now that Kyrgyzstan will quickly return to Moscow's sphere of influence after months of strained relations with Russia, making...
...Prayuth Chan-ocha, is known to be unsympathetic to Thaksin. Should Abhisit be forced from office by Red Shirt protests and Thaksin's allies win a new election before October, they could select another general for the top slot who would support Thaksin's return. Such soldiers exist - Thais call them "watermelon soldiers," because they wear green on the outside but are red, the color of Thaksin's followers, on the inside...