Word: perfective
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...fight the Soviets. And those who did it walked away and left all the mess spread around. September 11 is a consequence of this. The bombing in Peshawar today is a consequence. The bombing in Algeria today is a consequence. Afghanistan was once a great place in perfect harmony with the rest of the world. Families sent their girls to university, wearing whatever style they wanted. And that family lived in perfect harmony with another family who was conservative and traditional. Both lived together and socialized. But in the years of fighting against the Soviets, radicalism was the main thing...
...Friends-reared generation that is remaining single longer, being housemates makes perfect sense not just financially but socially too. "What are you going to do--come home to an empty house every night?" asks James Cartlidge, who in 2004 co-founded Share to Buy, a British firm that helps co-hos get mortgages. Erik Carter, 29, a law student in San Diego, is considering buying a house (and a spectacularly large house at that) with four other people: his girlfriend, another couple and a fifth friend. "It's like a reversion to the old extended family," he says...
...winging it doesn't always work. After Katz and Kovack bought their place in Baltimore, two of their buddies from Ohio State decided to get a house in Columbus. At first the match seemed perfect. Brian Testerman, 25, and Collin Nailor, 24, had known each other for six years, and both saw the house as an investment: they'd buy a fixer-upper, live in it during the renovation, then sell for a profit. The problem is, 11 months into home ownership, Nailor wants to move to Chicago, where his girlfriend now lives. Testerman thinks it's ridiculous to sell...
...company town of old oaks and Victorian gingerbread, Lily Dale specializes in building bridges to the Beyond. You can't buy a house here unless you are a practicing spiritualist. But anyone can stay in the Maplewood Hotel, which might be the perfect place for political junkies to detox. There are no TVs, no phones in the rooms. A sign is posted in the lobby: NO READINGS, HEALINGS, CIRCLES OR SÉANCES IN THIS AREA, PLEASE. This is the place to come if you're sick of the mainstream mediums...
...beam queen. Edging out teammate - and newly crowned Olympic all-around champion - Nastia Liukin by 0.2 points, Johnson now has her first ever gold at a Games. "To finish off on the very last routine of my Olympic experience with a gold medal around my neck is the perfect ending to the story...