Word: forthings
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...American student. Employers offering temporary jobs, in whatever field or capacity, are often seeking to fill an immediate need and will offer an opening to the first available, qualified body on the spot. Expecting someone to hold such a position for you while your letters go back and forth and you make your travel arrangements from the U.S. is probably unreasonable. What have you got to offer to make it worth the risk for an overseas employer to take a chance on an unknown American student? Probably a lot, but be prepared to address this question. Also, be prepared...
Enis claims he had "the facts" surrounding the massacre of 19 Palestinians on October 8. But where did those facts come from? After the massacre, two set of "facts" were put forth, one from the most extreme, right-wing government in Israel's history, the other from Palestinian civilians who clearly have a political agenda. Neither source can be considered unbiased or even reliable. But the Israeli government "facts" were fed to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as the Israeli Lobby. AIPAC's executive director is a registered foreign agent of Israel, and AIPAC...
...though there's something to be said about learning about other cultures--on what days students at foreign colleges get served chickwiches, and so forth--being away from the good `ol U.S. of A. for any period of time longer than two weeks gets very tiresome very quickly...
...leftist might blame "imperialism"; a right-winger would call our problem "internationalism." But an anthropologist, taking the long view, might | say this is just what warriors do. Intoxicated by their own drumbeats and war songs, fascinated by the glint of steel and the prospect of blood, they will go forth, time and again...
...second movement of the piece was expertly done. Alternately frenetic, witty, and warm, it was the highlight of the evening. All three musicians formed a delicate equilibrium from which the many tiny phrases issued forth...