Word: perfective
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...While ramsi officials labor the point that the intervention is a regional response, there's little doubt in anyone's mind that this is Australia's show. Invited in or not, Canberra could not have a failed state on its doorstep: humanitarian concerns aside, lawlessness and anarchy are the perfect conditions for terrorists, drug smugglers, gun runners and money launderers...
...culture, but North Americans seem to be unable to let sleeping dogs lie when presented with the opportunity for relaxation that is the holiday season. We seem overly keen to fill the void in our daily stress-level with a craven consumerism that obligates one to find the perfect gift at the perfect price for just about everyone. According to a study by the American Research Group, the average American will spend just over $1000 on gifts this season—more than double the average individual in 1991. Ever since Coca-Cola introduced our modern image of Santa Claus...
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...take the side of a bully, rat out a cheating husband or dutifully watch a valuable set of crates. The consequences stretch into your adulthood, by which time you will be either a noble hero for hire or a terrifying rogue. The game is far from perfect--there aren't nearly enough diversions from the main story line, for one thing--but in the absence of another Legend of Zelda game, Fable is the best-looking, most addictive fantasy role-playing epic of the year...
...master spooks in the 1950s had designed the perfect spy--someone they could groom from the start and then send out into the cold, only to have him return years later to save the agency at its most critical hour--he would have looked a lot like Porter Goss. Reared in Connecticut, Goss prepped at Hotchkiss, studied Greek at Yale and spent the 1960s in the agency's clandestine service, overseeing covert operations in Latin America and Europe. His years as a spy left little trace on his résumé. He quit the CIA in 1971 after a mysterious case...