Word: seems
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...nothing wrong with this sort of classification. Many of the students who devote their time to a specific activity do so for a reason. Yet often this identity is so completely dominating that it trumps all forms of difference. Sometimes we do not realize that our group might seem intimidating or strange to outsiders. Barriers are put up, and no efforts at communication are made. Individuals within the group become limited because their ideas or tactics go unchallenged...
...understandable if you have never heard of David Wu or Molly Bordonaro: neither have half the voters in Oregon's First Congressional District, and both are on the ballot. But while people in western Portland and its environs seem profoundly uninterested in who will represent them come January, the decision is getting plenty of attention in Washington. For the district, home to roughly equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans, is the sort of place that will determine the makeup of the next Congress, and probably with it Bill Clinton's future...
Those are the sorts of numbers that explain why the President's approval ratings are of little comfort to Democrats. For now, at least, only the most desperate Republican candidates seem inclined to try to turn the election into a referendum on the President's behavior. But Democrats sense that the sex scandal is contributing to a general alienation that will keep voters--particularly their voters--away from the polls. This concern is underscored by the fact that Democratic fund raising is not meeting expectations while G.O.P. coffers are bulging to the point where the party is able to give...
...surface. The object of her affection requires love of a special magnitude and magnanimity. One has to concede at the outset that the ocean is too vast, deep and secretive to be completely known. It is capable of casual murder and filled with structures that make Picasso's dreams seem ordinary. More demanding still, it does not need you. Nothing on land can live without the ocean, yet the sea can do fine...
More Americans may have jobs these days, but a growing number seem to be skipping out on work. According to a report released last week, the rate of unscheduled office absences, owing primarily to personal needs, stress or illness, hit a seven-year high in the past year. Small businesses were hit especially hard by the problem, which can cost companies a pretty penny...