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4.Build up the peculiar uniqueness of Chinese values and conduct (as I am doing here) so as to suggest the dangers of stormy unpredictability, preternatural stubbornness, or other traits of the power holder, which present the foreigner with insuperable difficulties...
...Peculiar Peccavi. There are presently 150 to 200 Americans held prisoner in North Viet Nam, and from them...
...confessions sound bizarre indeed to anyone familiar with American parlance. Last November, for instance, Radio Havana carried a peculiar peccavi, purportedly in the voice of Commander Jeremiah A. Denton, U.S.N. 485087, U.S.S. Independence. Sorrowfully admitting his "vicious, revolting crimes" in bombing "the innocent people and civilian buildings of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam," the recorded confession continued: "The brave and determined workers of an antiaircraft battery shot down my aircraft." The tape went on to heap praise on "the kindness of heart of the Vietnamese government and people." It made Commander Denton sound just like the boy next door...
Latter-Day Saints can now question some of the church's peculiar disciplines without being stigmatized by their neighbors. Although the U.S. Surgeon General's report on smoking confirmed the Mormon conviction that tobacco is an evil, there is widespread feeling that the church should relax its ban on cof fee and tea. "A lot of good Mormons drink coffee now," says one Utah saint. "The church should not make its prohibition a commandment." Still another quaint tradition is the Mormons' use of "temple garments"-a torso-covering form of underclothing signifying their covenant with the Lord...
...question mark still looms over the center of the Crimson diamond, however. "This is a peculiar pitching staff," says Sheperd. "We don't have any outstanding players. In past years, we always had players who stood out in the crowd. This year there are none...