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...system is decrepit, but what kind of chaos would a third and fourth party bring? The Federal Government is too big, but if it devolves its responsibilities to the states, local governments may not be big enough to take up the burden. The questions devolve to everyday life: I owe too much money, but if I didn't, I'd never live anything close to the American Dream, which only seems to clutter itself up with a wider range of requirements each...
...mourning may know he is sad, but he may not recognize that he is also angry at the person for dying--because this seems somehow inappropriate. A parent who yells at the child who ran into the street is expressing anger at disobedience, but the degree of anger may owe more to the fear the parent feels at what could have happened...
...owe the library $10 for an overdue book...
...Seven" is not for the squeamish, but if you feel up to it, you owe it to yourself to see it. If you are repulsed by what Quentin Tarantino does, beware; "Seven" makes "Resevoir Dogs" look like "101 Dalmations." This movie is in an almost-new realm of brutality, and gets there not by showing needles slammed through breastbones, as Tarantino is wont to do, but rather by showing the aftermath, giving description and letting you imagine things that are infinitely worse...
...Atlanta charged Ramus with bilking his clients by failing to turn over revenue from the sale of their paintings. Ramus denies any crookedness on his part. "The bottom dropped out of the art market," he says. "I ran a business in which people did not get paid. I owe them money. I have not disappeared...