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...Life here moves so rapidly that it’s hard to take the time to get to know each other,” he says. “People are always trying to distinguish between sex and romance, using sex as a tool to build relationships. As a result, people build up idealized representations of each other that are not always who they really...
...Israeli society left vulnerable by the country's shrinking economy. But there's nothing new about either the government's support for the settlements or the economic woes of millions of Israelis, which has Israeli analysts opining that ben-Eliezer is simply reaching for a wedge issue to distinguish his party from Sharon's Likud ahead of elections scheduled for November...
...buildings from the defeated Japanese. After being routed by Mao's troops in 1949, the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan and established its government in exile, setting the stage for what one local newspaper described as a "five-decade looting spree", in which the party found it difficult to distinguish between its own coffers and those of the state. Critics say elected KMT politicians flouted the law by selling government land to the party at bargain-basement prices, listing party-owned companies?implicitly understood to be backed by the government?on the stock market, and offering sweetheart deals in which...
...omen The U.S. military warns that small asteroids crashing into Earth about 30 times a year could trigger nuclear war; so far only the U.S. has sensors that can distinguish the explosive impacts from hostile attack
Unfortunately, it's not always easy to distinguish listeriosis from other, more common food-borne illnesses. What you might think is food poisoning is often a viral infection. Typically, food poisoning is caused by one of several possible bacteria, including E. coli, salmonella, staphylococcus and listeria. Most of the time you can protect yourself against these pathogens by following a few simple safety rules. Washing your hands before and after preparing foods, for example. Or making sure all meat is thoroughly cooked. Or not using the same knife to cut uncooked poultry and chop fresh vegetables...