Word: doneness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...team knew what had to be done, so we kept into the half and were able to score,” Mann said...
...case of the Nobel, the prize committee deserves criticism for failing to foresee the potential political backlash its actions would cause, but what’s done is done. Even if awarding the Nobel Prize in Peace to Obama was a mistake, it was not an egregious one. The real mistake would be to make so much of this event that it seriously hampers his political and diplomatic initiatives, many of which are admirable. Enough people have said that Obama needs to prove himself worthy of this honor—maybe they should stop their clamoring long enough...
...army's medical corps. In 2004, he abandoned the army to join Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a vicious sectarian terror group from Punjab. "He knew how the army functions," says Shaukat Qadir, a retired brigadier turned analyst. "That's why he organized this attack better than others could have done." The embarrassing breach of the heavily fortified headquarters was made possible through artful disguise, military officials said. The vehicle bore army license plates and the emblem of the General Headquarters (GHQ) on its windshield. The attackers dressed themselves in army fatigues...
...have voted for two libertarian candidates for President, believe in drug legalization and have done many things that would have gotten me caned in Singapore, a Catholic school or anyplace someone happened to be near a cane. I've fought the left's paternalism of the body and the right's paternalism of the soul. But recently I've been wondering if my political assumptions are wrong, if America might not be better off under a dictatorship. I've also been wondering if somewhere deep inside, I secretly want to be caned...
...during the investigation into Kebble's death that the hapless Agliotti's relationship with Selebi emerged. Selebi, who was the country's first black police chief, once said of Agliotti that he was "my friend, finish and klaar [done]." The two men now appear to be estranged. They did not look at each other in court, and at one point during last week's testimony, Agliotti seemed close to tears when he said, "It's not easy being here. I didn't want to be here to testify against my then friend and the accused...