Word: doneness
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...your genes are concerned, your principal job while you're alive is to conceive offspring, bring them to adulthood and then obligingly die so you don't consume resources better spent on the young. Anything that encourages you to breed now and breed plenty gets that job done...
...characterize Putin, the savior of Russia, as "Tsar of the New Russia"? He has done much to develop Russia's economy and its ties with other countries; he has brought about widespread stability. Tsars were lazy, useless, upper-class leaders who dictated to everyone. Putin has instead proved diligent and well loved by many Russians. Victor Looi Yi En, SINGAPORE...
...elite inner circle rather than to the landless peasants. Kenyatta began a cycle of favoritism that continued under the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi and most recently under President Mwai Kibaki. Because presidents had been able to get away with such unabashed favoritism, those succeeding them today have done the same. In order to establish peace in Kenya and to hold free and fair elections, Kenya needs to build trustworthy and stable institutions of justice. The election results were clearly unfair, but even a recount would not salvage this election. Holding a new election immediately wouldn’t ensure...
...that al-Hakim once wrote a manifesto in which he declared himself to be “an enemy of woman.” Still, there is something to be said for remaining faithful to a playwright’s own vision, and Malik and company seem to have done that to best of their ability...
...right question to ask is, why is Congress playing this game at all? Should a crucial investigative arm of Congress, a body that has done admirable work probing the response to Hurricane Katrina, the actions of controverial security contractor Blackwater U.S.A, and corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, among other important issues, care about Roger Clemens? Doesn't it have better things to do with its time...