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...years afterward, she wouldn't let me forget it, that party I'd somehow arranged in the sandbox without permission. Eventually I reminded her of the important part, that when you are 3, going for the entire year without your friends hoisting you up to 4 seems cosmically wrong...
...Australia mourns the blaze's victims, questions are being raised at how a nation so prone to yearly bushfires could have been so desperately unprepared for this one. Last February, the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission was quickly established to investigate what went wrong. Though their report is not due until later this year, one of the failings could have been a decades-old evacuation policy advocated by the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) known as 'stay or go.' The policy encourages individuals confronted with bushfires to leave early, or stay behind and defend their property, with...
Even after she discovered Mark's affair, she declined to vent at him, preferring to give him space to figure out how wrong he was. He did not fill the space well, pestering her for permission to see the other woman. He even asked if it would be possible to formally separate for one week, so it would be "legally permissible" for him to visit his lover. And when he was caught by the media returning from Argentina after visiting this other babe, he turned to Jenny for political advice. "Do not talk about your heart," she said...
...your hopes up. Asia can surely provide lessons for the West, but Americans often take the wrong lessons from Asia's growth stories - and we seem to be doing it again now. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
Though referees make most calls correctly, there are still many calls that have influenced post-season games that officials later admit were wrong. During the playoffs in 2006, did Troy Polamalu intercept Peyton Manning? Even with instant replays, the referees still got it wrong, as official Peter Morelli later admitted, though the ruling ultimately decided the outcome of that game. Also, many Seahawks fans can attest to there being inconsistent officiating even in the biggest of games, as Superbowl XL demonstrates. Granted, a full-time referee will also make bad calls from time to time...