Tag: conflict
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July 08, 2008 03:19 PM EDT --
LANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A Pakistani man is charged with killing his 25-year-old daughter in Georgia because she wanted out of an arranged marriage, police said.
Chaudhry Rashid is accused of killing . . .
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December 31, 2008 06:03 AM EST --
One of my favorite pastimes is reading the literature, and studying the thoughts, of our ancestors - those who passed through time before us. We read the documents of Philosophers, and ponder, because . . .
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June 12, 2007 08:13 PM EDT --
I know I appear young, and I don’t look sick
I know I am not hunched, and you think it’s a trick.
I may be heavy, downright overweight
But I am the one that carries that fate
I have my . . .
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July 08, 2008 10:37 AM EDT --
Are you close to your family--the ones who don't live with you?
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August 08, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
I just read that Cheney will be speaking at the Republican National Convention. I'm looking forward to some Zell Miller moments!
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January 26, 2009 12:13 PM EST --
With all the drama around Gather lately I found this quote to be fitting. I think it apples to many aspects of our lives. While we many not have "relationships" with . . .
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September 20, 2007 11:39 AM EDT --
My notes from Michael Lucker's excellent writers' retreat class finally kicked in this week, and I realized what has been missing from my stories. He asked three questions:
1. What is the story . . .
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September 21, 2007 10:06 AM EDT --
First for a bit of backstory...
When I had nightmares as a child, it was scary, but I figured I'd eventually outgrow them. I never did. I'm not talking about those normal dreams where you're . . .
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June 10, 2008 08:05 AM EDT --
Do you talk about controversial topics (politics, religion, etc.) with with people who have opposing views? Why or why not?
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November 16, 2008 10:09 AM EST --
I was surprised to learn on the CBC this morning that on Wednesday of last week, a group of young women was attacked and acid thrown in their faces. Details are difficult to find (and a bit contradictory): . . .
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December 14, 2008 04:50 PM EST --
I was skimming some articles, reading some posts and comments: when I came across an interesting one. The post was about some difficulties in Afghanistan, and the comment was: "They will make good . . .
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February 16, 2009 02:35 PM EST --
I don't much like TV marathons; I guess I just don't like many shows that much. There aren't many shows that I can stand enough to put out a whole day to watch them. Particularly one of my . . .
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March 03, 2008 05:21 PM EST --
Well, killing ourselves off is always a possibility. I don't think stopping war will happen. Too many people have a vested interest in fomenting conflict. There's money to be made in selling the . . .
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August 11, 2006 10:54 PM EDT --
Frustration
Searching for answers
Blindness leads the way
Hands outstretched and feeling
Through the crooked maze
At the end of the line
Solutions hoped by the seeker
Remedies of comfort . . .
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September 15, 2006 08:30 AM EDT --
Preceding the onslaught of the storm
we're wrapped in fleece blankets from head to soul
brisk weather can't touch our warmth
the chill smothered by smoldering passion
Shocked by the downpour of . . .
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October 09, 2006 04:05 PM EDT --
*GAME* WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PERSON ON GATHER TO BE BASHED?
You know how the game is played. Now put on your thinking caps. My thinking cap is my favorite KISS toboggan. Think of all the people . . .
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January 20, 2007 03:56 PM EST --
Its kind of funny. I've been a member of Gather since December 2005. I have a lot of connections, and have written a lot of articles during this period of time. But I am totally clueless . . .
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March 21, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
The Bush Administration said in 2003 that the Iraq war would cost about $50 billion. Five years later, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent -- about $12 billion every month. Nobel winning . . .
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July 09, 2008 10:32 AM EDT --
If you had child coming out of high school, would you recommend the military as an option? If, so which branch? Would gender make a difference?
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August 04, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
What do you do on a nearly daily basis to make the world a better place?
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