Word: friendships
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...running mate to finding a spouse: Some are matches of “love,” while others are of “convenience.” The first are often riskier pairings—such as a junior choosing a sophomore—and are based on friendship and a shared commitment to common goals. Those based on convenience are “driven by political expediency,” Greenfield says.IN, BUT NOT ENTRENCHEDLast year, then-sophomore Hadfield’s vice presidential bid finished second after a campaign focused more on vision and personality than...
...Stone says. “That leadership alone—just those two, forgetting about the other seniors for a second, who are also great leaders—there is so much, we never have to deal with the younger kids.”Not only does their friendship strengthen their unity as captains, but they also have complementary leadership styles that allow them to guide their teammates most effectively.“[Chu’s] a really good verbal leader,” Sifers says. “I like to think that I’m more...
...despite all the talk of friendship and brotherhood, both Beijing and its African partners have long since dispensed with even the rhetoric of "anti-imperialist solidarity." Asked by a reporter about trade and investment talks on the sidelines of the summit, deputy finance minister Wei Jianguo predicted that the event would spawn as many as 2,500 new deals. Today, when Beijing sits down with African leaders, their business is usually business...
...how’ve you been?” Six hours later, another friend wrote, “I missed you.....I miss you...and I will miss you...../ I’m sorry that I didn’t keep in touch....but I will always remember our friendship...
...abruptly. At his next session in the interrogation room, Waddah's captors told him he was lucky that he was a Sunni. Any Shi'ite whose family was unable to pay ransom within a week was being killed, they said. To reassure them of his Sunni loyalties, Waddah claimed friendship with the fanatical cleric in Ramadi who had tried to force him and his brothers to become jihadist fighters. He also spoke disparagingly about Shi'ites. "I am not proud of what I said, but it saved me from more torture," he says. His captors seemed to take...