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...Charlesview doesn’t have to accept anything, and nobody can force them off that land,” he added. “The people from Charlesview have an opportunity to improve their situation, but shouldn’t consider it if the offer isn’t to their liking...
...study center, injuring 14 people. Says Hayat: "Their tentacles are spread far and wide." On the run now, these groups may be more dangerous than ever. Says an ex-commander of one of them in Lahore: "The boys aren't listening to anyone. They're desperate. They don't accept that the days of jihad are over...
...request for extra funds was rebuffed by the city council last May, so Bratton has been thinking of launching a ballot initiative in November to appeal directly to voters. To get such a measure passed in the midst of California's fiscal crisis, he will need the public to accept his claim that better policing is the reason for the drop in crime rates. As he put it to his officers at the Rampart roll call, "It is going to be a hard sell, quite frankly, but the harder you work, the better story you give me to tell--that...
...people--they're in the minority--who don't like the baby sun," Wood sighs. "And they'll say to me, I hate that baby! And you say, Oh dear, how sad that is. But that's how it is: either you're into this and you accept that there's an alternative world of childhood...
Whether parents accept their child's leftover pet with grace and affection or with grudging acquiescence, few of them, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.), try to unload the critters. Some do make an effort to hand them over to their adult kids, only to meet a stubborn resistance that has little to do with the practicalities of caring...