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...come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet ... I hope I ... I don't want to sound like I've made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't ... you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with...
...passenger seat and took in my headscarf and shapeless clothes. "Where are you going?" he barked at my assistant, sitting at the wheel. "We are journalists, researching security conditions on the road," Ali answered. I lowered my sunglasses, thinking that my light eyes and obvious foreignness - usually a quick pass out of any brush with Afghan officialdom - would speed us through the inevitable interrogation. Instead, it only made the official more agitated. "Why don't you have a bodyguard?" he demanded. "This road is unsafe; people can be kidnapped...
...likely be forced to shift priorities in an effort to cut costs. Hipsters and middle-aged, middle-class pseudo-hipsters may have to settle for generic brands in order to affordably complete their outfits.At the same time, though, history shows us that we shouldn’t be too quick to write off such a successful brand. In the 30s, during the Great Depression, there was a shift in consumer culture away from products that were seen as foreign or imported toward more homemade goods. A combination of growing isolationism as a foreign policy tool and the encouragement...
...have had the cowboy. We don't need the maverick sheriff with his "have gun, will travel" foreign policy. Our problems cannot be solved in a quick-draw contest. It is time for all Americans to accept personal responsibility for our part in what is happening to our country. We must vote and then pay attention to what our elected officials do. We all need to become better crisis managers of our own personal lives and finances, and of the natural resources of our world. Linda Bracken, WAGONER, OKLA...
...meeting on the Republican campaign trail, a white woman in the audience voiced her concerns about Obama. “I have read about him,” she explaining, pointing out that “he’s an Arab.” Though McCain was quick to correct her, his response was curious: “No, ma’am, he’s a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with over fundamental issues.” Somehow, “family man?...