Word: commitments
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...originally agreed to represent him on the condition that all fees from the case go to anti-hate groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. And he had said he would drop out of the case if Hale and his organization did not commit themselves fully to non-violence...
Well, as Maynard's therapist asked his beleaguered client: "Where is the lesson in all this?" First of all, if you covet your privacy, never commit anything to writing. If you absolutely must express something to a lover, wife or husband, I recommend the Gambino-family-style "walk and talk." Stroll outside with your interlocutor, covering your mouth with your hand as you converse. Make your conversation as vague as possible, and pepper it with inaudible remarks and gross expletives. Here is an example of a man using this technique to break up with his girlfriend...
...will do little to boost her stock with Hollywood moguls shopping for the next Julia Roberts. "There was no [career] strategy involved," she says. "I decided back in September that I really wanted to do a play, and I was fascinated by the material. What motivates some people to commit what is, from a judgmental point of view, a heinous act? We don't really acknowledge the irrational aspects of life that exist just because we are human...
...their children to be part of the math academies, parents have to commit to 4-hr. Saturday-morning sessions of U.C. Irvine's Parent Academy. There they are coached in what classes their kids need to get into college, how to gauge SAT scores and how to apply for financial aid. "These programs help parents have self-esteem, feel proud," says Mel Pelayo, a computer-network administrator who left school in third grade. "I didn't go to college, but I'm not a loser. I can help my kids...
...right person? So far, DNA evidence has exonerated 63 people in U.S. prisons, including several on death row. The latest is Calvin Johnson, released last Tuesday after serving 16 years of a life sentence in Georgia for a murder that a DNA test now shows he didn't commit. But in the O'Dell case, says Paul Enzinna, a lawyer for the dead man's supporters, "the state is saying, 'We want to destroy the evidence for the sole purpose of preventing the public from getting information about...