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...apartment block, a group of residents gathered for a meeting. The ceiling of their building had crumpled in the quake, and the apartment dwellers were sure it was due to shoddy workmanship on the part of the constructor; they were furious with the government for granting the building a permit. Violence, one felt here, was not far away...
...phenomenon that has little immediate impact on his daily life. As one of Beard’s mistresses laments, to take action against global warming “would be to think about it all the time,” something that “daily life would not permit.” But when he is presented with the opportunity to regain his former professional glory as a champion of solar power and the global warming movement, Beard conveniently forgets these concerns and finds his faith in climate change...
...didn't want us to watch porn, why did he permit computer geeks to invent private browsing...
Brasher provided the Board with a list of cities in Massachusetts, such as Belmont and Boston, that allowed chickens on residential lots—even if some required a permit. He also argued that “hen-keeping has a long history in urban settings,” citing that people all over the world have been keeping domestic ducks and chickens in urban areas for thousands of years...
...that matters is that they are wearing the American uniform. Paramount to this sentiment, however, is the sport itself. We should never let our patriotic desire to win the most medals—a count that proves little—alter the way we permit or prohibit certain sports...