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COHABITATION COMMUNICATION A recent study of newlyweds found that living together before tying the knot can actually hinder marital communication. Videotaping couples in their living rooms, researchers found that the spouses who cohabited, even for as little as a month, displayed fewer positive problem-solving skills and more aggression than couples who had not lived together...
...assembled, but encased in a jacket of international-modernist works, the two pushing and puffing for wall space in a great city that, unlike New York, Paris, Berlin or almost any other major Western city, still had no "dedicated" museum of modern art. This was a huge Gordian knot in British culture, and Serota--a low-key man of striking tenacity, intelligence and charm--put Alexander's sword...
...Beutler didn't rail against all the expectations society set for her. She became engaged to be married at the end of her junior year and tied the knot after graduation the following year...
...began to be a liability. We were in a vicious circle. When we had the upper hand, we said, "Why leave?" When the Hizballah had the upper hand, we said, "Oh, no, we will never sway under pressure." So I thought the only way to cut this Gordian knot is to set a target date [for withdrawal]. Once I set it, I said in advance, When it comes to the moment, Hizballah will try to intensify their attacks in order to prove, so to speak, that they pushed...
...liability. We were in a vicious circle. When we had the upper hand, we said, "What's burning? Why leave?" When the Hezbollah had the upper hand, we said, "Oh, no, we will never sway under pressure." So I thought the only way to cut this Gordian knot is to set a target date [for withdrawal]. Once I set it, I said in advance, when it comes to the moment, Hezbollah will try to intensify their attacks in order to prove, so to speak, that they pushed us out. But it is only my commitment [that took Israel...