Word: particularity
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Other women missed him, too: one friend wrote to inform him that a particular prostitute was also yearning for his return. Yet the amoral tone of Machiavelli's work seems to reflect his age more than his temperament. In the 16th century, gore and tragedy dominated the Italian peninsula, a hodgepodge of warring city-states, kingdoms and republics. Machiavelli roamed this minefield of intrigue on horseback as Florence's diplomatic envoy from the age of 29. In an early mission, he failed to resolve a long-standing feud between two families, and King describes the result: "The heads...
...Each school will follow whatever notification process they determined fits best into their particular constituencies,” Wrinn wrote in an e-mail statement. “Centrally we’ve distributed postcards to the Schools to be put in mailboxes waiting for incoming students...
...endorsing a particular candidate in the '08 election? -Haren Para, New York CityNo, but I like Hillary. I think she was already our President once. [Laughs...
...There are particular demands to a star's job - basically, to be photographed looking great while pretending to be other people - but it's not exactly coal-mining in West Virginia. So some of them give back to the world that gave them so much; Clooney, whom I'd call the exemplary Hollywood star, has been especially generous in lending his aura to well-chosen issues and charities. The top actors also appear in films that are, in their subject matter and their underdog status in the commercial movie universe, their own worthy causes. That's what brought Reese...
...them to move faster. Iraqis tell Time, however, that it doesn't really matter if al-Maliki stays or leaves. As long as the current cast of dubious and discredited characters continues to dominate Iraqi politics, reconciliation is not going to happen. None of the likely replacements have shown particular inclination, much less ability, to rise above petty politics. "Some days, I think our problems are so big that we need a parliament full of Nelson Mandelas to solve our problems," says Iyad Jamaluddin, a legislator in former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's multiethnic Iraqi National List bloc...