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...general, one of the advantages I have going into a place like Congo or Sudan is that I'm treated as a Martian. People are willing to tell a Martian difficult things, especially embarrassing things like rape that they would not tell a local person. In that sense, I think it probably helps. I'm always amazed and pleasantly surprised by how forthcoming people...
...what Cook successfully points out is that there are many ways to communicate, and the problem only arises when a person is not willing to make the necessary effort to adapt...
...clients with substance-abuse problems, or with other real or imagined illnesses, finding doctors to give them the medicines and care they crave, even if it goes against proper medical practice? Or are the temptations - whether the generous pay or the ego gratification of being patronized by a famous person - simply too great to resist? (See Michael Jackson's death: How culpable are the doctors...
...That "whoa," is what these contests are all about; and the showbiz impulse behind them drives big-name chefs, who all want to be the person that elicits that breathless gasp of wonderment. It's ego, yes, but it's also the urge of any artist. It's why we're not still eating beef wellington and clams casino. It's why food matters now in a way it didn't 20 years...
...event for myself and see if the naked eye could separate the superior skaters from the also-rans. Forget about the numbers systems or physics formulas. I was looking to discover which teams pulled together the entire package, mixing sheer athleticism with sublime grace. Which teams would prevent a person from even dreaming about taking a bathroom break during their routines, like the baseball player who compels you to drop everything while he's at bat? In a sport like figure skating, in which there's no finish line to crown a clear-cut winner, you might as well judge...