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...couples proceed to question each other about their lives, a process which reveals parallels between their relationships. The men are both typically protective and stubborn, like leaders defending their pack. Nancy and Sarah both exemplify the stereotype of the domineering wife combined with an incessant curiosity. Nancy is agitated by her husband's reluctance to "live," and Sarah rushes to Nancy's side every time she has an opportunity to learn something more about humans. She was overjoyed by the sight of Nancy's breast...
...following the decision. But with the immunity issue resolved, the final word on Pinochet's fate will now rest with the Labor party government. "They could release him on compassionate grounds," says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand, "but there'll be strong pressure from within the party to proceed. This government has cloaked itself in the mantle of human rights and ethical foreign policy, and that will make it difficult to back down even though this opens a can of worms...
...person in a somewhat random environment (in our case, the shuttle). You and said person have moderately interesting conversation for a finite duration of time (a shuttle ride, of in other cases, an airplane trip, walking from Dunster to the Science Center with a third person, etc.). You proceed to go on with the rest of your day, not stopping to think twice about the conversationalist. He (or she, as the case be) definitely does not forget you and proceeds to either initiate contact with you or your friends to find out more information about romantic prospects...
...many students can tell tales that equal or even that of Maggie. Recruiting trips always have a high potential for turning nasty, as in an effort to show the recruit a good time, team members proceed to get him or her frighteningly drunk. The consequences can be dire. The Ivy League grapevine brings us the story of the Princeton squash recruit who puked on the couch she was sleeping on and didn't get to clean it up because she had to catch a 9 a.m. train. Her host's roommates still speak of their hatred for her. There...
Likewise, the belief in human rights, so central to the authors' arguments, requires that the "struggle for true self-determination" proceed along lines which respect these basic human rights. From this point of view, self-determination requires a certain amount of careful self-monitoring, one might say "suppression," of the violent strains within such a movement. Once again, this sort of watchfulness must not be seen as a toilsome burden. As a nationalist movement fighting for statehood, the Palestinian Authority must accept both these responsibilities. It ought not to see these tasks in the onerous light which Bishara and Fahmawi...