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It’s 4:32 of pop fun backed by a quasi-pornographic music video: doubly hard to resist. But, damn it, you must! Watch Cinemax at night while listening to the radio. Or hit on girls at a karaoke bar. Or buy the single on iTunes...
...temptations of designer jeans at Jasmine Sola, an apple martini at Noir, a full membership to Wellbridge Gym, or a weekend jaunt to the Cape may be difficult to resist, but assessing what it is you really want and coupling that with careful budgeting is key to coming to peace with your spending habits...
...must resist the urge to woo the middle class by working for a Democratic Party that serves the wealthy. If you think the middle class is earning $73,000 per year, you might woo them by gutting social programs and cutting taxes—and some Democrats advocate doing just that. But if you recognize that most people earn less than $42,000 per year, you realize that the real middle class often relies on social programs and spends significantly more money on payroll taxes—those regressive little buggers that Bush never thought to cut—than...
...Tiger-cooked curry, it becomes impossible to think of your hosts only as rebels. Whether previously you saw them as mad bombers or brave martyrs, it becomes plain that the Tigers also have other identities: bureaucrats, firemen, nurses, farmers, restaurateurs and video store entrepreneurs. There are those who resist this complication. They say it humanizes evil and that if someone is a terrorist or supports terrorism, that's all you need to know. Such certainty may be appealing in a post-9/11 world. Then again, few people would prefer a suicide bomber over an officious border guard. And when...
...very curious person by nature. My character leans toward aggressiveness, and I like it that way. I immediately recognize the problem, know right away that something is far too expensive, that something needs improvement. I notice things, and I don't resist change...