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...because they reveal their nervousness with words like “well”, “um”, or “yeah.” Sarvis, though, didn’t always have this confidence. When she joined ROTC, she expected that the male cadets would resent her. “What helped me get over it was realizing that the guys didn’t care,” she says. “It wasn’t a huge deal to them.” The decorations on Sarvis’ formal dress uniform...
...vital part of "our healing" and "profoundly important in creating a new South Africa," he also recognizes that it was an extraordinarily painful process to many South Africans. A good portion of the country's whites considered the trc a witch hunt, and some blacks still resent the idea of amnesty. To work, the process requires certain prerequisites: near saintly leadership, a genuine commitment to uncover the truth, however ugly, behind crimes and "a sense that forgiveness is balanced by justice." Then, says Meiring, "the opportunity to look the perpetrators in the eye and understand something about their motives...
...sale drawing flak? Some Thais are upset that a major utility is now controlled by a foreign entity. Others resent the windfall gained by Thaksin's family, and say minority shareholders have been shortchanged. Local regulators ultimately decided that the purchase of an 11% stake in Shin by Thaksin's son and daughter on the eve of the sale was not insider trading even though they scored huge gains, but also said it was possible his son, Phantongtae, had not properly disclosed his stake in the purchasing firm...
...overwhelmingly hostile toward the British. So how come the British suffer so few casualties, as compared to the Americans? That's mainly because, unlike the Sunni insurgents who attack the Americans in and around Baghdad, the Shi'ite militias in the south already wield political power - they may resent the British presence, but it doesn't stop them from running the cities and provinces as they please...
...head," says Stonesifer. Whenever the staff congratulates itself on a particularly positive media story, Senior loudly complains that the focus should have been on the good works the foundation supports, not the foundation or its founders. "If you spend a lot of time saying, 'Hey, look at me,' people resent it," he told me in an interview at the foundation. "I resent...