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...conclusion of a workshop, when Bradshaw's interior odyssey has come to an end, he sends the crowd back out into the world on a tide of goodwill. The audience stands and sways. Everyone sings a repeated refrain, "We're going home -- nothing can stop us now." The cheers and applause build, and from somewhere in the crowd, a loud voice calls out, "We love you, John Bradshaw!" The preacher-salesman smiles. His blue eyes light up for a moment, his inner child stirs, and he tells them, "Little John likes that...
...recession that's now been with us for over a year. The only proposal from Bush to improve the economy--which he finally admits "hasn't been near as good" as he would like to see it--is to cut the capital gains tax rate. That's the refrain we've heard from Bush for over two years. Cutting capital gains taxes, Bush continues to assert, will encourage greater investment and create more jobs...
Each rabbi advised students to refrain from pre-marital sex but acknowledged that sexual and religious views have changed...
...Duffy's 'anything can happen' refrain, while true, is a case of grasping at straws. Harvard is the superior team...
...they perform invasive procedures. With their livelihoods thus threatened, argues the state, infected doctors have a big incentive to hide their condition from hospital colleagues as well as patients. That, say state officials, will be far more dangerous than protecting the doctors' privacy while formally advising them to refrain from invasive procedures...