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...hard that I quaked. I held my hair in front of my face and pinched my legs, but no matter how hard I bit down on my lower lip or tried to imagine that it was I being humiliated on stage, I could not stop shaking, sobbing silently with utter exuberance...
...toilet rolls is perfectly reasonable if they are of suitable quality, possessing both the tensile strength to accommodate a particularly involved cleaning and the softness necessary to accommodate the delicate extremities of a budding academic. But this ration is utter madness when the toilet paper in question is the quality of a Great Depression-era phone book page. What could have been accomplished in two swift wipes now requires twice the effort and demands thrice the material...
...conflict. One—that which Mr. Rashid espouses in his article—portrays Israel as an oppressive force that brutally persecutes the Palestinian people. The other, the one I was raised with, describes Israel as a peaceful place constantly under attack by terrorist groups dedicated to its utter annihilation. However, as a rational person, I can understand that neither of these discourses accurately describes the situation. Yet one-sided voices like Mr. Rashid’s (and certainly a plethora of others that are ideologically opposed, yet equally uncompromising) do nothing to help solve the conflict, and instead...
...Kampusch was just 10 years old when Priklopil kidnapped her as she walked to school in March 1998. "He came towards me, grabbed me and bundled me into his white van ... I tried to scream but I just couldn't utter anything," she said. When they arrived at his house, Priklopil wrapped her in a blanket and took her to the cellar, which was only reachable through a fortified iron door. He then forced her to take off her shoes, which he burned, telling her, "You won't be needing them again...
...great," says a European diplomat. "The Chinese sent someone along who said, 'I can't make any decisions.' " Worse, the Chinese have become allergic to the very mention of sanctions. After last weekend's meeting, a senior European diplomat speaking on background with reporters declined even to utter the word sanctions for fear of upsetting Beijing...