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...Ridge had a basically Rogersian task--getting Americans to accept a terrible eventuality that they could not prevent. So Homeland Security offered a slogan--Don't Be Afraid ... Be Ready--which seemed immediately preposterous to citizens who (having grown up on Mister Rogers) knew that being afraid is normal, reasonable...
...example, a normal electron has a negative charge, but an anti-matter positron has a positive charge, although it seems to be the same as an electron in every other respect...
...child spells manipulation is a stretch. While people complained about these specific features, what seems more likely is that they are actually afraid of what the information implies. If a fetus truly does have a heart and fingers and its own distinct nature and looks just like any normal baby so long before it’s born, that’s scary for a lot of people. It might force them to draw connections between the fetus being a living person and abortion’s inherent immorality...
...We’re very pleased with that because it helped keep operations normal, and it showed that half of them would have preferred their union not to call a strike and continue to negotiate,” he said. “So it’s heartening...
...most at the university, life proceeded as normal yesterday. Students and professors were able to move about freely, and many even expressed surprise at what they viewed as the relatively small turnout...