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...several meanings, but did he attain his position by assuming that all in opposition to him were either angry or insane (or rabid)? Students at the IOP would do well to learn that often there are legitimate differences based upon principle, and being dismissive of an adversary seldom resolves disputes...
...rely on such generally first-class publications as The New York Times for their news, it would appear that Israel is under siege by the Palestinians—even though Israel occupies Palestinian land. In the language of the Times and most other American daily papers, Israeli soldiers seldom “kill” or “shoot” Palestinian protesters; instead, Palestinians—rarely described in terms of their humanity—“die” mysteriously in “clashes” and in “cross-fires...
...that inning, Walsh had enough. The mass substitution gave seldom-used players like Seminara and Farmer some playing time, but was undoubtedly meant as a message to some of his players...
...Division. In 1978, when Hanssen was posted to the big New York field division, most rookie agents required to work counterintelligence hated the job. The hot career path lay in the dramatic bank robberies and Cosa Nostra cases of the criminal division. Intelligence surveillances took years, decades even, and seldom if ever resulted in actual indictments...
...cancer and emphysema to a heart attack. Should the subject answer no, the cold reader will often say, "Well, we'll get back to that," and quickly change tack. It's a sophisticated form of the game Twenty Questions, during which the subject, anxious to hear from the dead, seldom realizes that he, not the medium or the departed, is supplying the answers...