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Turow's adeptness at writing in such a direct style is perhaps essential to his characterization of Stern as calm and unemotional, as Stern speaks with curt and deliberate phrases himself. Turow is less successful, however, in his attempts at scripting other characters' dialogues. In his efforts to create distinct and eccentric characters, he occasionally makes different characters appear to have the same, hyper personality...
Soccer expert Rico DiCenso, of Pinocchio's pizza parlor, said the Germans had a distinct psychological advantage...
With the collapse of the 1987 agreement that would have formalized the province's right to "preserve and promote" its "distinct society," centered on 5.5 million French speakers, Quebec remains outside the 1982 constitution. It must now decide where it wants to go: to full independence, to sovereignty inside an economic union or simply to a further loosening of Canada's confederation. Like people from the Soviet Union to Western Europe to Southern Africa, Quebeckers will have to choose what compromise between central power and national autonomy will serve them best in the 21st century...
...need the "distinct society" clause in the constitution...
...distinct society exists de facto, and we thought it should be recognized de jure in the constitution. It was symbolic to some extent. We were not saying we need additional powers...