Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...novels she proceeded to write constitute provisional and consummately artful answers to these questions. Sula (1973) examines the stormy friendship of two black women and the opposing imperatives to obey or to rebel against the mores of their beleaguered community. Song of Solomon (1977), her only novel with a male protagonist, proved a critical and commercial breakthrough for Morrison; the phantasmagoric saga of a black man in mystical pursuit of his past won the author rapturous praise and a greatly enlarged circle of readers...
...that you can do affect his decision. I consulted a well-respected doctor friend of mine who assures me it's the perfect expression of male sexuality: jack off, no responsibility, spread your genes, and get paid to do it. Perhaps there's something else bothering you in your friendship that you still need to explore. For now, I'd concentrate on how you're feeling, and check out the support group for roomates of potential sperm donors at your local community center...
...inclusion rather than exclusion." I disagree. Last spring I became a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, a women's fraternity, and over the last six months I have enjoyed a very balanced social life. As Theta is an international organization devoted to the ideals of academics, service, and friendship, members do more than just party together. We plan community service projects, we go on retreats, and we attend weekly chapter meetings. Such pursuits involve no alcohol and allow us to better ourselves and our community while making lifelong friendships...
...family believes he was murdered on Sheik Omar's orders. Some say Rahman accused him of working for the CIA and stealing money intended for the rebels. "I think the sheik was simply jealous because Shalabi was becoming too powerful," says a police investigator. Despite his long friendship with Shalabi, Abouhalima emerged as a prime murder suspect, but he was never charged, and the case remains unsolved. Seven days after Shalabi's murder, the FBI received a tip that Abouhalima was harboring explosives. Dressed as utility workers, federal agents searched his Brooklyn apartment but came up empty-handed...
...True friendship is never serene." Thus wrote Marie de Rabutin-Chantal--whoever she is--in 1671. Friendship is the rough average between a courtroom trial and a self-affirmation tape, the middle ground between the disinterested search of truth and maternal caring. that middle ground is full of heated arguments that get really personal. Friendship is that place where it is painful to tell the truth and hear the truth, but where you also know that the truth is the best thing for everybody involved. Friends point out each other's hypocrisies and get past the resentment that comes...