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...village, leaders lay no blame on U.S. authorities. But they excoriate the accused for going to the police. "This man must have had little experience in the United States and must really not understand the way it works there," Garcia says, shaking his head and showing a look of disbelief. "You just do not get the American police involved in a case like this...
...great-uncle’s cousin Saul, who looks just like you. Of course, the “wrong” Rabbi Hazan insisted I stay. I felt like Elijah, welcomed to the Seder during Passover. The guests at the already-full table looked at me in disbelief, but the Rabbi’s wife quickly found an extra chair. We were mishpacha, and when in Rome, we scooted our chairs closer and celebrated the Jewish New Year together. I am from a very Jewish hometown, I attend a Hillel-friendly university, and I studied in Jerusalem last summer...
Cheney, Dick •disbelief of that "we violated anybody's civil liberties...
...cultural franchise of their own: "Considering that most Muppets start out as bath mats with appliqués, it's fairly miraculous that they seem to have more dimensionality to their personalities than do most human characters on television ... [Henson] understood that viewers would suspend their sense of disbelief if they saw pieces of themselves in the characters. Forgetful Jones had a foible, and he was therefore funny and as recognizable as the elderly neighbor who always seemed surprised when the paper boy came to collect on Fridays. The Count had an obsessive need, and who doesn't? Telly fretted...
...invented the technique of reducing foods to their essence, and then transforming the form in which they're presented - flavored foams and the like - techniques now common in high-end restaurants everywhere. Still, if Adria is accustomed to the adulation of foodies, he stood staring, arms akimbo, in happy disbelief at the hall packed with science students. (Read TIME's Top 10 food trends...