Word: mannerly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Among them were Muteguya's mother, sister, brother, sister-in-law and niece. "I tried to stop them, but it was impossible," says Muteguya, surveying the long red-earth mound where they lie buried. "They were indoctrinated in a manner that if you tried to argue with them, they kept quiet. You ended up talking around like a mad person." Muteguya did manage to stop his relatives from selling the small family farm and late last year tried again to persuade his 16-year-old sister to leave the sect. "She came home to the village a few times...
...almost two years, Andrade has charmed his passengers with his friendly manner and constant willingness to talk...
Guyer, in her humble manner, defers the credit for the phenomenal defense to her teammates...
...should melt the hearts of cynical Americans everywhere to see the U.S. Senate behaving in such a magnanimous manner. Wednesday, 100 senators voted to repeal the current Social Security penalties on workers 65 and older. That's right: It was unanimous, and there was no name-calling. OK, it is an election year, and older Americans do make up the most powerful voting bloc in the country, but all that aside, isn't it wonderful to see Democrats and Republicans working together, even if they can't agree on real Social Security reform...
...flawed spies. Romances must end happily; the spirited heroine must bring the male of her choice to heel--"civilize" or "tame" him, as romance authors like to put it--before the final clinch and fade-out. Defenders often point out that mysteries must also conclude in a predetermined manner: the crime is solved, the suspect unmasked. But that analogy won't wash, since the identity of the guilty party in mysteries is withheld until the end. Romance heroines and readers rarely doubt which man is in her sights or whether he will succumb...