Word: cracked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...army with a very sort of...a lot of nostalgia,” Kaplan says. “My service in the army is something that I would never take back.” Kaplan has adapted to the Harvard lifestyle. After years of rising at the crack of dawn she has learned to sleep until right before an 11 a.m. meeting. Both young veterans have managed to become, more or less, normal students...
...solving one problem may just be creating another: pregnancy counselors find that another great source of pressure on ambivalent women is often the father of the child. As states crack down on "deadbeat dads," men have a greater financial incentive to pressure women into ending unwanted pregnancies. Some threaten to break up with their partner if she doesn't get an abortion. There is concern that violence against pregnant women is fueled by men trying to avoid a financial liability. So Dubay could argue that allowing men to shed their financial obligations for unwanted children might protect women from...
...only crack in Fastow?s composure came during direct examination, when he nearly cried when he talked about misleading his wife and causing her year-long incarceration. But he held the tears in check when Petrocelli pressed him on the same subject, suggesting he had betrayed and sacrificed his wife to save himself life imprisonment. " You love your children, don?t you?" Petrocelli said. "You must be consumed with insatiable greed." Fastow kept repeating that he and his wife made decisions that were best for their family...
...Confessor Brings the Flood,” Case’s versatility is showcased over the course of twelve stellar tracks that run the gamut of musical genres. This diverse array of songs is unified by Case’s uncannily expressive vocals and the crack musicianship of her collaborators from fellow alt-Americana acts Calexico, The Sadies, and former member of The Band Garth Hudson. Fans who know Case exclusively through her work with the Canadian power-pop outfit The New Pornographers will be surprised by this album’s grittier, more soulful aesthetic. Country-fried...
...plan with him." What was left unsaid, of course, was that four and a half years after 9/11, that goal remains as elusive as ever, and Afghan President Karzai and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf have traded barbs in recent days charging the other with not doing enough to crack down on Al Qaeda...