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...closer inspection, however, the site has shed its eye-catching, gossip-column skin and revealed its bleaker side as an outlet for the closeted, the saddened, and the isolated. These explicit posts of loneliness and depression—buried amid comments that describe Harvard-only porn casts or detail masturbatory techniques in Mather Library—deserve the most attention, and interestingly have garnered the most votes of agreement on the site...
...Does the film show that Japanese soldiers are worthy of respect and honor? During the last assault, Kuribayashi said to his soldiers: "One day, our ancestors will console our souls and sing odes to your bravery and shed many tears." There are such lines in the film. But war should not be worshiped or justified. We should always accept the reality of our military past and think calmly about what we can do in the future...
...Unfortunately, it's hard to feel sorry for Miami, just as it's hard to shed tears for any community that indulges the cynical, multimillion-dollar whims of professional sports the way Americans do. When I moved here eight years ago, my mortgage broker spent less time explaining 30-year fixed rates than he did showing me all the autographed pictures of his Dolphin player clients - and his customer appreciation gift was a certificate to the steakhouse of legendary Dolphin coach Don Shula, where you order off menus inscribed on footballs. That kind of blind fan ardor lets franchises like...
...songs and ballads. Grandma has spun these standards for a half century or more, replacing the 78s with LPs, then cassettes and now CDs. The formats change; the songs and feelings don't. Some time in the next few days, you'll hear Bing Crosby sing "White Christmas," and shed a tear or grit your teeth...
Even though the amount granted to outside directors in options pale in comparison to options given out to executives, such practices shed light on the manner in which many corporations are governed...