Word: dealing
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...nationalist spin on his angry retort to those who criticized him for giving credence to discredited science. Distinguishing AIDS in Africa as a primarily heterosexual phenomenon that is destined to slash average life expectancy in his region to 47, Mbeki insisted that "as Africans we have to deal with this uniquely African catastrophe" and that simply accepting Western conventional wisdom on AIDS would be "absurd and illogical." Mbeki's remarks, in letter to President Clinton - which administration officials considered so unfortunate that they tried to avoid releasing it to the media - even likened those warning against the views of dissident...
...almost a textbook case of indie rock being too complex, too busy - some would say too smart - for mass consumption. That said, one or two Gravel Pit songs were streamlined enough for radio play, but it seemed unlikely that they'd be signed to a huge record deal anytime soon. By the time the Gravel Pit had wrapped up, all the sushi was gone and the crowd had to be content with scallop dumplings, or whatever those were...
...beaten up in high school, but their songs have clear pop-hit potential because of their raw emotional quality. Singer Aaron Perrino literally fills the room with the sheer intensity of his voice - you get the feeling that a recording wouldn't do his singing justice. To ink a deal, the band will probably have to package this emotion a little more slickly, with more obvious hooks, but they're well on their...
...admires girl from afar (in my parents' case, this phase lasts exactly one evening). Boy asks around the village about girl's reputation, intelligence, domestic abilities and willingness to move to America. Satisfied with his findings, boy approaches girl's father and asks for her hand in marriage. The deal is done, girl is notified of the arrangement and, two weeks later, the local kids are married in the town church. The next day, they leave Greece, my mother binding her future to a man with whom she has shared less than an hour's worth of private conversation...
...strings if they feel they would be better off without them, and the poor would be the first to suffer from a sustained global downturn. Furthermore, the World Bank funds a number of projects--community lending, health and nutritional improvements, and education for poor children--that achieve a great deal of good in the developing world...