Word: rejections
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...Crosby’s from his West Hollywood water polo team recommended him for Genre’s “H20” issue. He says even though he had never heard of Genre before his star-turn, it didn’t occur to him to reject the offer. “I almost always agree to stories just because I’ve gotten so much feedback from stuff I’ve done in the past,” Crosby says...
Jinnah’s vision remains the basis for the state I glimpse and desire. It is of a nation aspiring to modern Muslim statehood, yet held back by illiteracy, poverty and mismanagement. In election after election, Pakistanis reject religion as a function of government; indeed, in the four most recent general elections, the combined religious parties have never exceeded 5 percent of the votes cast. In contrast, over this time a woman has twice been elected to lead this country of 140 million. The first time this occurred was also the first time in history that a woman...
...undergraduate which class has the shortest straw. The answer is sure to be the sophomores. From at least reasonable dormitories in Harvard Yard, they have been moved into the unwanted rooms of the housing system—reject rooms of the upper-class lotteries. They are struggling with tutorials in the wrong concentrations, cursing the fifth-class demon of seductive overambition, pass-failing, add-dropping, withdrawing in frustration, and abandoning pre-med for The Study of Religion...
...fact that 67 percent of all respondents also believed the September 11 attacks were morally unjustified. Then again, 61 percent believed those attacks were not carried out by Arab groups. That suggests that while they may be in an astonishing state of denial, their basic inclination is to reject terrorism and extremism...
...Despite a strong element of wariness, Sharon's office on Monday described the Saudi initiative as a "positive trend," although aides hastened to reject the notion of Israel withdrawing to the 1967 borders. Peres was more effusive, retaining the right to negotiate the precise boundaries but calling Abdullah's plan "a fascinating, interesting new opportunity." Even some members of Sharon's own party, such as justice minister Meir Sheetrit and President Moshe Katsav, called for immediate dialogue with the Saudis over the proposal...