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When asked if she believes her sex appeal helps her gain public support in fundraising, Stone responded, “I think you have to be willing to be shameless, to withstand whatever comes with the moment of change. It might bring problems, catastrophes, personal humiliation… but if you really believe in that change, the fierceness of your commitment will carry you through...
Their mothers suffer even greater mistreatment. Like chickens in battery cages, sows are confined in individual metal crates so restrictive that they can’t turn around or even move side to side more than a few inches. They withstand cycles of impregnation, gestation, and giving birth. Intense frustration results in debilitating stress-induced behaviors such as biting on cage bars and obsessive sucking on their water bottles...
...with floods of new arrivals have come new issues and conflicts. Part of the problem is technical. To withstand a nuclear blast and keep on ticking, the Net was built without a central command authority. That means that nobody owns it, nobody runs it, nobody has the power to kick anybody off for good. There isn't even a master switch that can shut it down in case of emergency. "It's the closest thing to true anarchy that ever existed," says Clifford Stoll, a Berkeley astronomer famous on the Internet for having trapped a German spy who was trying...
...quantity? You can’t go wrong with the shuttle on a Saturday night. Here, you will find the highest freshman-to-cubic-inch (f/in^3) ratio anywhere on campus. Be sure to catch one before the wee hours. Your target’s sensitive stomach may not withstand the bumpy ride home...
...behave itself better, to allow market forces to operate without interference by corrupt rulers. Yet the critics of African governance have it wrong. Politics simply can't explain Africa's prolonged economic crisis. The claim that Africa's corruption is the basic source of the problem does not withstand serious scrutiny. During the past decade I witnessed how relatively well-governed countries in Africa, such as Ghana, Malawi, Mali and Senegal, failed to prosper, whereas societies in Asia perceived to have extensive corruption, such as Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan, enjoyed rapid economic growth...