Word: mattering
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...Cinderella or Ariel costume, and our DVD collection boasts no Disney titles, yet my daughter informed me last week, apropos of nothing, that Sleeping Beauty is to be referred to as Sleeping Beauty only when she's sleeping. Awake and alert, her name is Aurora. In other words, no matter how protective parents try to be, these princesses are pervasive...
...matter how many Democrats there are in Massachusetts, no matter how many independents there are, we know and I know that you never take anything for granted." - On her general-election chances (Associated Press...
...Washington, FBI field office spokeswoman Katherine Schweit was not at liberty to discuss the matter because it is under investigation. "We are working with Pakistan authorities to determine their identities and the nature of their business there," she said in a statement. In Islamabad, a spokesman said the U.S. embassy was still awaiting details from Pakistani authorities. (See pictures of Pakistani subcultures...
...private, Obama's aides have long fretted over the danger of a slow recovery and ballooning deficits, and the President has been slipping in the polls on both fronts. For now, however, the West Wing calculation is that bad polls today matter far less than bad polls three years from now, when Obama hopes to win re-election as the guy who saved the nation from economic catastrophe. "The reality is that you would rather have done something, and worked toward solutions, and be able to show results," explains Obama senior aide Anita Dunn, in what just might...
...matter of weeks, the Ugandan doctor's admission to TIME could land him in jail and his patients on death row. An anti-homosexuality bill now before Uganda's Parliament would include some of the harshest anti-gay regulations in the world. If the bill becomes law, the doctor, who asked that his name not be published, could be prosecuted for "aiding and abetting homosexuality." In one version of the bill, his sexually active HIV-positive patients could be found guilty of practicing acts of "aggravated homosexuality," a capital crime, according to the bill. (See the struggle for gay rights...