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...myth that when they start arguing about sex, money or time - issues that all married couples battle over - it can seem catastrophic. Gannon finds herself correcting patients all the time. "Where did you get the idea that you weren't supposed to fight?" she says. "You are. It's normal." It's also normal to remain independent and to be responsible for your own happiness. "It's unreasonable to assume your partner is going to be everything to you," says Eagan...
...still account for 33% of industrial production and 45% of investment in China's cities. Beijing also still holds sway over its domestic banking sector, particularly in times of crisis that threaten the Party's power. "On the outside, China's banks do look a lot more like normal Western commercial banks," says one investment bank analyst with a decade of experience in China. "But every single senior officer - right down to the manager of the smallest branch in Outer Mongolia - is a Party member. And when the Party says, 'Jump,' or 'We're all in trouble,' they...
...inhumane crime does not validate inhumane retribution in the name of justice. Furthermore, chemical castration seriously undermines life as a free citizen by taking away an individual’s control over his or her body. Those who have been castrated would be unable to become involved in normal sexual relations, prohibited from marriage and the basic rights of a regular citizen. It is unjust to release a pedophile from prison as a supposedly free person and then fundamentally inhibit his possible re-assimilation into society. By resorting to arguably criminal acts, like forced castration, the Polish government would...
...head out the window and stick his tongue out—something he does reluctantly and awkwardly. This moment—one of the best and most understated of the film—makes a refreshing statement: sometimes it’s better simply to be normal than a superhero. Talking about the benefits of keeping his canine star in the dark, the director in the movie says, “I see a depth of emotion on his face the like of which has never been captured on screen before.” If this is the goal...
...water has returned to its normal milky jade hue. Even some of the gashes caused by landslides have begun to green over as nature struggles to match man's furious pace of recovery. The reconstruction campaign following the May 12 earthquake, which killed 87,000 people and left 10 million homeless, rates as one of China's most astonishing endeavors. Even for a country that likes to think big, the numbers are staggering: Beijing has pledged to spend $176 billion on rebuilding over the next three years. By early July, three-quarters of the Sichuan homeless had been moved into...