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...quest for existential significance requires one to experience the interconnectedness of human lives within the larger world; it illustrates that our meanings, values and goals are necessarily formed and shared through our relationship with fellow human beings, rather than in some individualistic vacuum. Since existential significance is a formation of the human community, the question "What can I do with my life that is existentially meaningful?" becomes "What can I do with my life in order to improve the conditions of the human community...
...Sara, Lily's mother and a boar farmer: Luke, the former pornographic photographer who smells of fish; Ronny, missing his big toes. At the slippery heart of her tale are two adult brothers, Nathan and Jim (whose name is really Ronny--all will be explained later) and Nathan's quest for redemption at not forcing his brother to escape from their pedophilic father...
Grateful, and emboldened. With a budget victory notched in their belts, Clinton and his advisers began plotting an aggressive defense strategy aimed at punishing Republicans for their quest to impeach him by turning their proceedings into an even more unpopular spectacle. Instead of cutting a deal in the House that would head off impeachment, Clinton's team is choreographing a prolonged partisan fight with Republicans over virtually every aspect of the inquiry. The opening battle will come this Wednesday when the President's legal team meets for the first time with House Judiciary Committee lawyers. Cooperation...
...hairdo for their plastic princess. Mattel's latest offering, Detective Barbie ($35), promises something different: players must solve a kidnapping and recover the missing loot. Set in a colorful carnival setting, Detective Barbie is fun to play and almost seems daring--until the girls learn that Barbie's real quest is to find Ken. Nothing new there...
...Dylan won't be the only hand laid off from Maggie's farm -- unless the government steps in, which is why Thursday's budget deal included $6 billion in farm aid. For the GOP, agreeing to the bailout meant suspending their quest to slash federal farm subsidies. "Republicans would have been hard-pressed to cut back on government spending to farmers in a year when the agricultural community has been badly hit by the Asian crisis and falling commodity prices," says TIME's senior business reporter Bernard Baumohl. The bad news, however, is that with U.S. agriculture heavily reliant...