Word: particularity
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...Every year a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday. I think we must have had a good honey session that year, because I was able to persuade my father to let me go on this particular trip. We went down to Ruapehu, and I can remember it just as clearly as when it happened. Our train from Auckland arrived at the National Park station and there was snow everywhere, there was snow on the railroad line and there was snow on the trees. It was a bright moonlit...
...Tyco and all of that or you can make a movie about a man who's failed in life, failed in his family, failed in his own expectations, and put it in the world of something we recognize as a real issue at this point ? and corporate greed in particular, is a great one. This isn't plucked out of thin air. You can find this case from a certain defense attorney who became a special prosecutor who defended a car company after they had hidden the fact that they discussed whether or not 400 lives a year was worth...
...next question read, "Would you please like to give suggestions for improving tourist facilities in Pakistan?" "How do you think I should answer this?" I asked the man, "Pakistan has so many troubles, it's not fair to complain about particular tourist facilities." He shook his head and agreed that there had been a lot of unrest. "It's only 10% or 20% of the people," he said. "The rest of us are very welcoming." I nodded in agreement?Pakistanis are indeed warm, hospitable and generous?and lamented that he had a tough job. "It's a struggle," he admitted...
That emphasis on absentee ballots made particular sense in New Hampshire for other reasons. One is that many of the state's residents commute to jobs in Boston, which means they could be prevented by traffic - or after-work fatigue - from making it to the polls. And schools such as the University of New Hampshire, Keene State College and Plymouth State University - which have mostly in-state students who register to vote on campus - would still be on winter break come primary day. Clinton's campaign urged them to vote absentee before going home...
...many Republicans will have chosen their candidate for President. So far, the campaign has been defined by bickering over stances on a plethora of issues—abortion, immigration, and balanced budgets to name a few. To us, only former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has been able to transcend particular stances on individual issues and demonstrate bold leadership qualities that set him apart from the Republican field...