Word: ordeals
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...eyelashes are visible from underneath a burka, a billowy head-to-toe shroud with mesh over the eyes. Call it a reality check for those who think Afghan women would be freed from years of oppression if the U.S.-led military campaign brings down the Taliban regime. Osema?s ordeal shows that even in the Taliban-free northern swath of the country, women suffer severe discrimination...
...Call it a reality check for those who think Afghan women would be freed from years of oppression if the U.S.-led military campaign brings down the Taliban regime. Osema's ordeal shows that even in the Taliban-free northern swath of the country, women suffer severe discrimination. "Peace will be good for the Afghan people," says Hajira, a refugee from Taloqan city, who lives in a canvas tent with her seven children. "But it is too late for women my age. Maybe for my daughters' daughters, life will be better...
...strange feature of the modern corporate mating ritual, wherein a very simple communication—“I need a job. You have jobs available. I would like one of those jobs.”—gets bloated by ridiculous formalism into a page-long ordeal that makes each applicant sound like an insane sycophantic freak with a bizarre, fetish-like interest in whatever departments are hiring. Any and all life experiences must be grotesquely contorted to demonstrate an abundance of some personality trait crucial in the business world. Which is how Pete B. Idziak...
...It’s reassuring that the false charges were dismissed,” Trombly said. “It proves that the system worked this time...I’m glad that this part, this phase of the whole ordeal is over.” Trombly pleaded not guilty at his Sept. 10 arraignment...
...indulge me as I chip in my two cents about our national ordeal, and how it has breathed life into the sports clich of gaining perspective...