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...which, from my teen recollections, sounds about right. But they are only the goal: get the girl because of the challenge. They are not only unknowable, they're hardly worth knowing. They're a treat to see swinging their hips as they pass the misfits; but they don't understand the guy game, which is to assert domination by being rudely clever. They can walk the walk but they can't talk the talk...
...patient's hands and encouraging him or her to have a conversation with the bear as a way to ease the patient's despair. Pickett might also suggest that patients do their own research into the polar bears' situation. The hope is that patients will begin to better understand their feelings. As they do so, they might decide to take action by, say, giving money to a save-the-polar-bear fund...
Local business owners understand the potential benefits of upmarket foreign investment in St. Andrews, a town of 17,000 where tourism accounts for roughly 1,700 jobs and $120 million in income annually. An organization called St. Andrews World Class has dedicated $22 million in taxpayer money to sprucing up the infrastructure in the hope of attracting wealthier visitors...
Past failures don't scare Americans. They believe in location, and in golf, Scotland is it. You can understand why on late-summer evenings in St. Andrews. Often a white sheet of mist, known locally as haar, spreads over the Old Course from the North Sea, as if the spirits of the world's great golfers were tucking their cherished course into bed. Through the mist, golfers place white balls on tees as though lighting sacramental candles. Or is that Americans praying for a fat return on their grand investments...
...family moved to Iowa from Mexico 15 years ago with a few suitcases of clothing and one hot plate on which her mother cooked everything from coffee to oatmeal to tortillas, when they could find them. Until Tuesday, Narvaez had never encountered a political candidate that seemed to understand her long-held sense of never quite feeling at home. Then she saw New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speak...