Word: neighborism
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...once in my life, I felt an enormous solidarity with Spain. We Portuguese have nurtured antagonism toward our neighbor for several centuries. But on March 11, I suffered along with the people of Madrid, feeling like a citizen of the Iberian Peninsula rather than of a country that split from Spain in 1143. Still, I cannot understand how the Spanish people could allow their election to be manipulated by terrorists. The Spaniards have taught us some brave lessons about dealing with ETA terrorists. Though the probability of being killed on the roads of Portugal is thousands of times greater than...
...once in my life, I felt an enormous solidarity with Spain. We Portuguese have nurtured antagonism toward our neighbor for several centuries. But on March 11, I suffered along with the people of Madrid, feeling like a citizen of the Iberian Peninsula rather than of a country that split from Spain in 1143. Still, I cannot understand how the Spanish people could allow their election to be manipulated by terrorists. The Spaniards have taught us some brave lessons about dealing with ETA terrorists. Though the probability of being killed on the roads of Portugal is thousands of times greater than...
...growing trend at Harvard towards centralization—with Allston and the growing push towards interdisciplinary—that increasingly pits science departments against each other. (But far from actually promoting interdepartmental collaboration, this instead seems to have generated an attitude of suspicion, where each department worries their neighbor will steal the limited lab space under works...
...turned more radical once an invasion of Iraq - with Spanish participation - became a prospect. He worked as a sales agent for much of last year, but at the same time was gathering acolytes in Madrid mosques. He stopped showing up at his job in January, and, according to a neighbor, left his apartment in northeast Madrid just three days before the bombing - still owing two months' rent. His body was in the rubble in Leganés, as was that of his presumed No. 2, Jamal "El Chino" Ahmidan...
...loser in question is Matthew Kidman, played by newcomer Emile Hirsh, who falls in love with his neighbor, Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert), the instant he sees her. The film then proceeds to try to convince us that Matthew’s love has very little to do with Danielle’s curvaceous figure or pouty lips, but rather her ability to bring him out of his shell...