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...like Treehorn, Pharrell at first appears to be the mastermind of an elaborate cultural scheme (the arrhythmic cracking tribal drums and snaky fusion-hop synths on the track), upon closer inspection it turns out he’s just a hack who’s drawing some dude with a giant wang on a personalized Post-It. Figuratively speaking...
...yard line and don’t back up. I know the difference between a slant, a post, and a quick out.But there’s a lot I can’t do, as well. For starters, I can’t draw up a scheme on either side of the ball much more complex than what I see on Madden. You’re right about that. If you asked me to set up protection schemes, or “draw up a front,” as you challenged writers to do, I would likely fail.But...
...problem is that taking Sudan’s genocide seriously, and not just as an extension of Harvard’s investment scheme, would mean reconsidering some cherished conventions...
...what makes this book such a pleasure to read is Rich’s masterly ability to weave together many disparate elements into a coherent whole. Instead of just smattering random allegations against the current executive office, each individual incident becomes part of a larger, more sinister scheme...
...other words, the court is fine with a nomenclature under which some marriages would be separate - but equal. In a sentence that will seem silly - and unjust - in 20 years, the court says this explicitly: ?We will not presume that a separate statutory scheme, which uses a title other than marriage, contravenes equal protection principles, so long as the rights and benefits of civil marriage are made equally available to same-sex couples.? The Plessy court couldn?t have said it better: separate railway cars for blacks are fine, as long as they are just as nice as the ones...