Word: nears
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...were ever to reunite, then Germany would provide the benchmark of success. Just contrast America 100 years after the end of the Civil War with German progress of the last two decades. While Germany has its own racial and immigration problems with sporadic outbreaks of violence, they are nowhere near the magnitude of those in the U.S. The "wounds" seem to me to be healing much faster than you claim. Xavier Chiampi, Aschaffenburg, Germany...
...knew of those North vs. South prejudices and the status of African Americans and other minorities. It was dangerous to travel in certain southern states - just ask any civil rights activist. While Germany has its own racial and immigration problems with sporadic outbreaks of violence, they are nowhere near the magnitude of those in the U.S. The "wounds" seem to me to be healing much faster than you claim. The world must get off Germany's back once and for all. Xavier Chiampi, ASCHAFFENBURG, GERMANY...
...success, especially in science, is relative. Yes, as media reports immediately crowed, the vaccine was 31% effective at reducing the risk of HIV infection among the 16,000 healthy volunteers in the study. But that's nowhere near the 70%-to-80% rate that most public-health experts say is the minimum needed for an immunization to be judged worthwhile. Consider also that circumcision can cut the risk of HIV infection nearly twice as effectively...
...film's solid three-act structure, Act 1 gets good mileage from the bitter-truth premise. In this world, a retirement home is called "A Sad Place for Hopeless Old People"; a motel is "A Cheap Place to Have Intercourse with a Near Stranger." There's even truth in advertising, as indicated by the slogans for Coke ("It's very famous") and Pepsi ("When they don't have Coke...
...have voted for two libertarian candidates for President, believe in drug legalization and have done many things that would have gotten me caned in Singapore, a Catholic school or anyplace someone happened to be near a cane. I've fought the left's paternalism of the body and the right's paternalism of the soul. But recently I've been wondering if my political assumptions are wrong, if America might not be better off under a dictatorship. I've also been wondering if somewhere deep inside, I secretly want to be caned...