Word: failings
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...opposition fail to mount a presence? Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi had announced an appearance at Sadeghiyeh Square, northwest of Azadi Square; CNN.com carried video of what appears to be a Karroubi supporter showing a scene of apparent protests before a hand or pair of hands attempts to cover the lens of the camera. Some reports allege that the Basij suppressed the Karroubi rally. Other protesters had planned to gather in Haft-e-Tir Square, northeast of Azadi. In addition, video circulated on opposition sites showing people tearing down government posters or chanting slogans in the subway. State-run television also...
Unless the court can find a viable reason to distinguish between interracial marriage and gay marriage, they must therefore conclude that Prop 8 is an unconstitutional as the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. If they fail, they will be tossing into the dustbin the reasoning that the Supreme Court used in Loving to strike down laws that banned interracial marriage, thereby implicitly overriding it. Two years ago, we elected a president raised by parents whose marriage was only considered fully valid after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Perhaps one day, after the Court makes the right decision regarding...
This conclusion permits the question: If books are so valuable, why is it so easy for students to stop reading them? There is no single answer or simple explanation to this issue, but I think there are valid intellectual and emotional reasons why books often fail to engage with young readers that run far deeper than shortened attention span or the temptations of Facebook. Attempting to understand the multifaceted roots of this trend is critical for comprehending literature’s role in the future...
...Yemen is the U.S.'s "most fragile ally." But our country does a good job on its own of keeping terrorists busy there and all around the world. We invade countries to spread our form of government, then we fail to comprehend their ancient tribal systems, their religious systems and their views about marriage and family structure. The rise of terrorist activity over the past decade should at last lead us to look more carefully at ourselves, not the people chewing khat in Yemen. Tom Edgar Boise, Idaho...
...locations [close to the bush], reliance on fire agencies and perhaps increased fire weather risk, make effective implementation very difficult. There's no point staying and defending a house that has little chance of surviving ... [Communities] need to know what to do, and where to go when their plans fail...