Word: exceptionalism
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...operatives to spend more time outside the wire, but the painful truth is that anyone who ventures outside the wire, from the Provincial Reconstruction Teams to routine patrols, is a potential target. It's impossible to profile suicide bombers, and there is no way to avoid them except by holing up on bases...
...choice for him, given his résumé. But there are moments when you are surprised and delighted by his soft, subversive delivery and the way he's turned his distinctly non-Hollywood body into an asset. You think, There's no one quite like this kid (well, except for Jesse Eisenberg, who also dealt with the burden of virginity in Adventureland). And there is guile in François's eyes, which suggests that someday, Cera will indeed play a different kind of part, and quite possibly, very well...
...some items that were less expensive to buy at the wholesale club than the grocery store, even when the grocery store has it on sale. My own personal items were things like egg substitute, frozen orange juice concentrate, and boneless chicken breasts that are individually frozen. All of those except for the produce were freezable items, and we actually bought a small freezer because it made sense to stock up once a month at the wholesale club on those bulk items...
...water. The average Russian drinks 4.75 gal. (18 L) of pure alcohol a year, mostly in the form of vodka. Distilled from grains or potatoes, it has no real taste. It is not sipped; it is not savored. In fact, there's no real reason to drink it except to get drunk. With an alcohol content of between 40% and 55% (80-110 proof), vodka is consumed as a shot, usually in the afternoon or evening, followed by a salty snack: fish, pickles, jellied meat or sauerkraut. After the food comes another shot. Then more food. Shot, food, shot, food...