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...very peculiar type of violence," said H. B. Thakur, who organized the conference and is chair of the International Society Against Dowry and Bride-Burning in India, based in Salem, Mass. "We are appealing to the whole world to stop this and other kinds of violence...
...made the connection for students between the study of law and the practice of law," Ogletree said. "He has had a peculiar success by arguing cases based on non-race precedence, which is an important skill for students to learn...
Fried's lack of experience makes him a peculiar choice. He might have been a role model for Weld during the governor's days as a law student, but that doesn't mean he should be the last word on state-level cases. It's not as though Massachusetts has a shortage of state superior court judges with decades more experience...
...life. Nobody had invited biologists along to study the vents because nobody imagined there would be anything to interest them. But on a dive off the Galapagos in 1977, researchers found the water around a vent teeming with bacteria and surrounded for dozens of feet in all directions with peculiar, 8-in.-long tube-shaped worms, clams the size of dinner plates, mussels and at least one specimen of a strange pink-skinned, blue-eyed fish...
...creepy details are peculiar to Smith's case, but the message to girls is similarly demeaning: Love (of men) is the supreme adventure! The peak experience! The only possible redemption for a worthless little creature like you! And, needless to say, the love celebrated in songs and soap operas and romance novels is not the love for sticky-faced toddlers...