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...That's why it's hard for many of the women to swallow the rape charge against Woodland. "We amejo feel the girl was in the wrong," says Maki Oshiro, 27. She and a girlfriend are sitting in a semicircular booth at Else, sipping cocktails and watching the dance floor. "She probably didn't know how to behave. We're here because we know it's where the Americans gather. These guys aren't scary; we know how to handle them." She mentions Lucie Blackman, the English woman murdered last summer outside Tokyo; a Japanese businessman is being held...
...lucky few to make it big. What really matters, though—and what is so easy to overlook—is no one party or group is to blame: everyone here probably had something to do with it. But this isn’t an easy truth to swallow. For those who saw their closest friends thrown out of their jobs and apartments, and for those who had already left behind everything to seek out a life in the Bay Area, believing that no one’s to blame is hard. Scapegoats should be everywhere?...
...There are, of course, some logical inconsistencies in the fact that conservatives, who for years have fought against anything resembling national testing standards, appear to have no problem whatsoever with scripting a national no-sex ed curriculum. This flip-flop would be slightly easier to swallow if a) there was a groundswell of support for the approach (parents, on the contrary, in survey after survey support teaching abstinence in concert with birth control) or b) there was convincing evidence that this program works...
...water along the pool's edge is a sign of potential trouble; it typically represents excessive organic matter, such as pollen or bacteria. If the water looks clear enough to enter, the next line of defense is to keep your mouth shut. As we swim, many of us unknowingly swallow water--along with any microbes that might...
...water along the pool's edge is a sign of potential trouble; it typically represents excessive organic matter, such as pollen or bacteria. If the water looks clear enough to enter, the next line of defense is to keep your mouth shut. As we swim, many of us unknowingly swallow water--along with any microbes that might...