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...because the biggest obstacles to killing Saddam aren't moral or legal but practical. It's not smart for the U.S., which has a huge stake in world order, to be seen as resorting to a little terror of its own. Unintended consequences often flow from clever plans. Recall Pan Am 103, blown out of the sky allegedly by Libyan agents after Gaddafi almost died from Reagan's bombs...
...substance that sets off alarms in the immune system. White blood cells rush to attack it, and the whole mess forms into sticky globs called plaques that cling to vessel walls like mineral deposits in a water pipe. When these deposits break off and blood clots around them, the flow can shut off entirely, leading to heart attack or stroke...
...replicate the profit potential of this venue." The figures that movie moguls dream of have dollar signs in front, and Disney's were enough to goad any showman into finding his inner children's market. It was time for Disney rivals to wake up and smell the cash flow...
...only failing of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a recurring metaphor it uses--and overuses--to unify its many narrative strands. "You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down...When there's no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries. If everything dries up, the world is darkness." This is the philosophy impressed upon Okada by Mr. Honda, an elderly psychic with a weird fascination with phlegm. This analogy, intended to emphasize the nature of Okada's adventures in existential wackiness, is repeated throughout...
...predominant example of an unhealthy attitude toward drinking occurs with students in final clubs--comparable to the M.I.T. students who join or visit fraternities. The spirit of irresponsible excess and macho bravado that seems flow through these clubs and societies promotes a culture competition in which the ability to down shots, guzzle beer and do keg stands is a proper measure of one's abilities...