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...right now, and even Britain is urging that the inspectors be given more time and that the U.S. at least seek a Security Council resolution authorizing war - over 80 percent of Britons oppose participation in a war without UN authorization The evidence: Weakening domestic support for war, and the resistance of the European allies to endorse action right now, is based in part on the failure of the Bush Administration thus far to set out a convincing case for war. The inspections: Although the Bush administration has not managed to convince many European and Arab allies of its political case...
Whatever the specific roots of the conditions, once those environmental and genetic die are cast, is that it for the disordered personality? The short, bleak answer is often yes--at least as long as PD patients resist acknowledging the problem. Anxiety disorders such as phobias are generally referred to as ego-dystonic illnesses: the sufferer acknowledges the problem and wants to do something about it. Personality disorders are ego syntonic: individuals believe that the drama, self-absorption and other traits that characterize their condition are reasonable responses to the way the world is treating them. That's a hard patient...
...closest I come to cheating happens one afternoon in the spa while undergoing a papaya body-wrap treat-ment. As I lie mari-nating in the pulpy, orange goop, I realize that with a little bend-ing, I could eat the for-bidden fruit slathered on my shoulder. I resist. I'm not hungry, only bored...
...have been in jail for most of your daughter's life. How do you weigh responsibilities to your country against those to your family? If you have a conscience and you've made a decision to defy an authoritarian regime-to resist it thoroughly-then you have no choice but to put your personal life second. If I'd thought about my family, my wife, my daughter, I'd definitely have abandoned my mission. But if everyone with a family abandons this kind of mission, then who is left...
...Harvard women’s hockey? Who could resist? Jump aboard now. Join the Greatest Show in Harvard Sports while you still have a chance. Figure skating fame is fleeting; NCAA Championships last forever...