Word: spites
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...fair starts out rampant and eager and ends with balloons sagging and stomachs queasy--which is not a bad summary of life itself. This is why the fair survives, drawing an estimated 150 million visitors in counties and states across the country each summer, in spite of theme parks and arcades of infinitely greater sophistication, in spite of Orlando, in spite of Las Vegas...
...spite of all that, according to the new TIME poll, only 15% of registered voters believe that Hillary Clinton is "strongly religious," compared to 22% for John Edwards and 24% for Barack Obama. Perhaps more problematic for Clinton is the fact that nearly one-quarter of respondents (24%) say they know she is "not religious" - that's almost twice the nearest candidate, Rudy Giuliani...
...Rest Emotional stress is exhausting. If you can nap, do it. If you are agitated, get up and walk around the block. If nothing else, it'll remind you that the world is carrying on in spite of your news...
...while Bettinger cited "turmoil" as a reason for applicant decline, it was that very same sentiment that compelled one Nieman fellow to apply in spite of any potential career apprehensions...
Meanwhile, in spite of the relative good news on Sunday, the Socialist implosion became personal. The party's presidential candidate, S?gol?ne Royal announced her separation from her long-time life partner, PS leader Fran?ois Hollande. Their relationship had reportedly been rocky in Royal's loss to Sarkozy - members of her campaign team placed much of the blame for her defeat on Hollande. Royal said she would seek to win leadership of the party from the father of her children...