Word: demureness
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...course, the imperial household knows a thing or two about negotiating also. Somehow, mandatory security was brushed aside so the pair could meet privately, if not alone. Naruhito would propose, his quarry would demur. Volleys of phone calls from the lover followed. There were rendezvous on the imperial duck-hunting grounds. All the while, secrecy was an obsession. But one short exchange shows that the young pair were establishing intimacy and rapport. After some nervous discussion about avoiding the press, Masako- san joked to Naruhito, "Perhaps I should get dressed up in a panda suit." Some panda...
...paradise of childhood, before discrimination began? "Don't divorce yourself from your true being," he wheedles in the catalog, in the accents of a quack therapist. "Embrace it. That's the only way you can truly move on to become a new upper class . . ." One may be permitted to demur, especially when the call to regression comes from an artist so transparently on the make...
...take pride, not in empty formulas of tolerance and diversity, but in the historic content of their culture, in forms as homely as Benjamin Franklin's how-to-get-rich maxims, or as sublime as Lincoln's second Inaugural Address. There is no need to say to those who demur, "Love it or leave it." They have already left, for internal exile. If there are Americans who feel as alienated as the Amish, let them live like the Amish -- without harassment, but without subsidized proselytizing for their rejectionist world views. America has business -- noble business -- to attend...
...jihad, or holy war, there are no age guidelines for combat. If a commander decides a boy is ready, then he fights. Fathers take their sons with them to the front. Orphaned boys go with their brothers or uncles. Mothers who demur are ignored. Forcing boys into battle is rare, since nearly all of them volunteer. It is what their ancestors have done for centuries, it is expected of them, and it is not to be questioned. "I was happy...
...heaven forbid, Jackson or Bush won't make it to the White House? Is it to set forth any coherent idea as to what constitutes "presidential" character? Is it to explore what unique characteristics propel one individual to seek the nation's highest office, while the rest of us demur...