Word: coexisting
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Attending the "Rally for Israel" in Tercentary Theatre was among the most disappointing and depressing experiences I can remember. I have always hoped, believed and insisted that the Muslim and Jewish peoples would be able to coexist peacefully and harmoniously. We share a great deal of history and believe in many of the same prophets. In both Arabic and Hebrew, we greet each other with a phrase that means "Peace be upon you." And it is because we have so much in common that the partisan, accusatory and inflammatory nature of the rally was so disturbing...
...sense, religious and ethnic hatred have overwhelmed political disagreement. Each vicious act has inspired vicious reprisal, locking the combatants in a circle in which neither is ready or willing to desist first. In the process, both have inflicted wounds that cut to the core of their dilemma: how to coexist. Logic, even self-interest, has been sacrificed to emotions run out of control...
...Economically, it's just not feasible for independent stores to coexist with chain stores," Sage says. "There are a few that could survive, but for most of them--I just don't foresee...
...overlap in the existence of the two Matthews. While other Matthews appear (Jeff Klann, age 21 and Matthew Ciborowski, age 12), Chaffin's Matthew clashes less directly with them; they exist as memories (whether based in experience or fantasy) within his subconscious. Gravois' Matthew, however, seems to coexist eternally with Chaffin's Matthew at the moment the play begins; he is a clone trapped in temporal stasis...
Mathematicians are not convinced. By all means, liven up the textbooks, make the subject engaging and include interesting problems. But don't give up on basic skills! Conceptual understanding can and must coexist with computational facility--we do not need to choose between them...