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...initiation ritual by several white-robed men and women. On the floor are vessels made of china and wood containing smooth stones in which the spirits of the gods reside. A priest named Jorge leads in a goat from the garage. The animal moves reluctantly, like a stubborn dog. As the chanting congregation beseeches the deity Chango to accept the animal, a santero, or priest, holds the animal's head firmly, stretching the neck with one hand. With a sharp knife he easily slices through the carotid artery. The animal struggles feebly. Seconds later, the goat's head is lying...
...lack of movement mainly mirrors the stubborn failure of the economy to show any forward motion. Voters have been too worried about their jobs and incomes to be distracted by any doubts about Clinton's character. Said a Bush official: "We didn't realize how much the whole campaign would be driven by the economy and how resistant the voters would be to our attempts to change the subject." He added, "We're going to keep attacking, but that's mainly because we don't know what else...
Throughout his career, he has exhibited a stubborn unwillingness to compromise his principles. He quit after his first year at the Citadel because of disagreements with the school's board over reforms he sought, including an end to freshman hazing. Stockdale went on to teach ethics at Stanford, but the university eliminated his course after only one year. Stockdale claimed that he was dropped because of his affiliation with the controversial Hoover Institution, a charge Stanford officials denied. No one, however, takes issue with Stockdale's frank self-description: "I am not an organization...
Like Rachmaninov, the stubborn composer who used 19th-century models for his music, Sontag is a willful anachronism and has never been accepted by critics and academics. Unlike Rachmaninov, however, it is doubtful that Sontag's Volcano Lover Work will be embraced by the general public. Now the novelty, the taboo topics have vanished from Sontag's art; a shadow of the pioneer of the '60s has settled into his book...
...dean this summer thought I was a reporter. He was wrong, though. Good reporters challenge stubborn bureaucracies. They weave through lies, exaggerations and insults to find the truth. Good reporters are arrogant, but they're also selfless in a way. I'm an editor of The Crimson and I spend 90 percent of my time there working with these reporters. But in the end, I'm too busy navigating through my own emotions to commit fully to the world of news...