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...meantime, the situation in Gaza remains perilous. Warns Mansour Shawa: "If the path is not corrected, we are heading for calamity. Any future confrontation -- any -- will lead to widespread violence." Whatever the remedy, it had better come quickly, lest the slogans on Gaza's walls turn out to be prophetic...
Williams' brilliance lies in his finely tuned understanding of a society that seeks to crush what is different, lest the shades of its own guilty past reappear to haunt its members. Impropriety is a crime punishable by death. Val is no innocent, and Caughey's nuanced performance acknowledges the complexity of the character. But he is a martyr. Sheriff Talbott and his men make for an odd band of Maenads, but after all, this is Tennessee Williams...
...good institution, but that the current occupants are somewhat substandard. Instead of a complete abolition, why not legislate a successionist battle for England's throne? We haven't had one of those for a long time. It would force Liz and Phil to get their children in line, lest they lose the crown jewels to some morally superior family. Prince Phillip has stated that his support of monarchical rule is not "a desperate attempt by a family to hold on to some sort of situation. Because that isn't the point. I don't think anyone would actively volunteer...
...aftermath of the torching of Norway Field, neighborhood parents rushed out and tried in vain to repair and cover the damage, lest the field be removed completely by the city. They were protecting their children from seeing their playground destroyed. It must have been a heart-wrenching scene, a scramble to pick up burnt pieces and to beg for something to remain in the community, even if it was charred and torn. Maybe then the vandals would allow it to stay...
Once my number was called, I learned that HASCS maintains a list of "favored" Ethernet interfaces for the commonest PCs on campus. I didn't dare purchase a product of my own choosing, lest I incur the wrath of Bill Ouchark, god of the net managers...