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...Let’s talk about kissing and telling: you said in response to the question, “Do guys kiss and tell?” that, “For the sake of honesty...yeah! I try not to if it’s a girl I really care about, but I do tell my closest friends. Girls talk about stuff just as bad as guys, though.” So how much detail do you provide your pals...
...back up a second here for the sake of historical accuracy. During the Civil War, Congress was not in session during the times Washington was in danger of attack by Confederate forces so there was no need to evacuate. Ditto for the War of 1812. Congress was out of session when the British stormed Washington on Aug. 24, 1814. And Congress hadn't technically convened on Sept. 11th even though folks were cleared out of the Capitol. But you get the picture...
...cries the discerning reader. “You’ve entirely missed the point. The military has no choice but to enforce uniform physical appearance for the sake of discipline, unity and battlefield recognition. True, Sikhs’ appearance keeps them out of the American military. But these regulations aren’t designed to discriminate. They simply reflect the reality that, in the military, behavior has to be controlled more tightly than it is elsewhere...
...obtain visas to some other country, any other country, she is living and learning. He feels he has to protect her pampered sensibilities from the coarse reality of his culture. She needs no protection; she is willing to risk dirty bathrooms and try her hand at cooking for the sake of adventure. She even learns the language of Ibrahim’s people with great interest...
...TIME: Are you all about female empowerment? Kyoko: We want to give women a hint of what it's like to think another way. Take relationships. In Japan, many women are with a man just for the sake of being with a man. They depend on the man to complete themselves. But who knows when the man will leave? This kind of behavior is unthinkable for us. We get fan letters from women saying we've changed their lives, now they're finally able to get a divorce or whatever. We derive energy from this, like radio waves...