Word: commit
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Still, Akana recommends that if people are willing to sacrifice three or four days, put their lives on the line, and commit themselves to a task that exposes them to an extraordinary amount of toxins and trauma, they should go for it. I think people underestimate how much theyre getting themselves into. I consider myself pretty tough and durable, having seen some of this stuff before, but it was still very hard to deal with...
...minutes), Phi-Phenomenon gave its audience 10 bands in one hour—five minute sets, one minute between sets. Perfect for today’s sound byte, short attention span, try-it-before-you-buy-it-world: You get to sample several artists live, without having to commit time or money to any that you should happen to dislike...
...understand is not to condone, and while the attack we witnessed is undoubtedly horrible, it’s not beyond our capacity to begin to try and comprehend how a person can become so lost as to commit these unspeakable crimes. If we refuse to try and understand, if we simply deny the humanity of these terrorists, then we will never be able to have a chance at truly being able to stop them. New generations motivated by the same emotions will emerge, and while we can continue to increase our security, there’s no guarantee that...
Would that we could know without a doubt what persons were about to commit terrorist attacks and have a sure and safe way of arresting them without harming innocent civilians. Sophisticated as the Israeli army and security forces are, they were not able to carry out a clean removal of terrorists, and this strike was condemned by Palestinians and many Israelis. The men who were targeted were prominent Islamic political leaders, and the outrage that followed their deaths suggests that although these men were involved in some way in terrorism, the response the attack created will only lead to more...
...family—it is only when we work to understand how a young child grows up to be a suicide bomber, what socioeconomic situation or political issue prompts a human being to want kill him or herself and others, and what kind of organization enables that person to commit such a violent and hateful act, that we can hope to put an end to terrorism. We cannot let the violent acts of others lead us to become a violent nation, or to support acts of violence in other countries...