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...harm them. I was reaching out for affection, for intimacy, reaching out to belong, to have somebody who would be my friend, in the sense of what I didn't have. I was their age, on one level. The physical contact, the touch, was not in the strictest sense sexual. But the lust would take over at a certain point. I didn't see the casual physical contact as wrong. But when I would go to the genital contact, I had no doubt about that being wrong. I didn't think of it as harmful, really, but I knew...
...Right now the focus is on U.N. resolutions and the arms inspection regime, and it's safe to assume that the U.S. will be in no hurry to take yes for an answer. Washington is likely to demand the strictest inspection terms to prevent Saddam leading the international community on yet another dance of deception. Blix is expected to lay down a strict interpretation of the Security Council's requirements in his meeting with Iraqi officials, and has vowed to offer no "discounts." But the Iraqi demeanor will be an indicator of Saddam's game plan for the prelude...
Vice President Dick Cheney still refuses to disclose information about his energy task force, and Congress is threatening to sue. Is Cheney hiding something? Or is he standing up for principle and protecting the right of future Administrations to have policy dictated by corporate malefactors in strictest confidence? Given the way things work in Washington, it is unlikely any actual laws were broken...
...lived simply as a village clergyman until, he claims, he had a dream in which the Prophet Muhammad revealed that he, Omar, should lead the country out of lawlessness and immorality. He and a few dozen other clerics became the foundation of the Taliban. Despite its adherence to the strictest interpretations of Islamic doctrine, the movement was welcomed in much of the country as a deliverance from chaos. Instead, Afghanistan got more chaos and inherited a dangerous new guest from Saudi Arabia...
...background to frequency of marijuana usage. Then comes the interview portion of the process, followed by a physical examination and a blood test; and at last, for the really strong candidates, comes a second medical interview and some final paperwork. Arnone comments that the NECC runs one of the strictest screening processes for sperm donor candidates, generally admitting only one out of every 20 to 25 applicants. How’s that for competition...