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...teaching of its tenets) is the only safeguard against the scourge of STDs. As this study has demonstrated, however, there appears to be some confusion as to what actual abstinence requires. Sexual health educators argue that withholding information - even if its explicit nature makes us squirm - from teenagers is tantamount to granting them permission to engage in everything but actual intercourse, without understanding the potential consequences...
...Great October Socialist Revolution. They all covered their hands in innocent blood when their Communist Party provoked civil war, unleashed Red terror or ordered collectivization, which resulted in mass exiles, executions and famines that claimed millions of lives. But accusing them of the real crimes they had committed was tantamount to self-accusation on the part of the party and the Soviet state they had so faithfully served. They were executed on the grounds of political expediency rather than on those of justice. Stalin also used their demise as an excuse for further executions, purges and repressions that lasted...
...lands in the Palestinian court--the Palestinians and their Arab supporters must convince Israel beyond a reasonable doubt that they support the right of Israel and Jews to exist in the area. Otherwise, for Israel to allow a fully-fledged Palestinian state to develop and arm itself would be tantamount to suicide...
...idea. But it's interesting to consider why such a formula seems to work so well. Some have suggested that the idealism of "West Wing" constitutes some sort of wish-fulfillment for its viewers. In the modern world, zoning out in front of the television may indeed be tantamount to a 21st century version of dreaming; had Freud lived today, he might agree that when we switch into couch potato mode, we are unconsciously drawn to that which we desire most...
...Farah Choudhry is appealing for asylum on her son's behalf, claiming that his autism is so misunderstood that he will be persecuted if he returns to Pakistan. De Santiago is asking not to be deported, contending, through his lawyer, that the abuses at Mexico's mental institutions are tantamount to persecution...