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it's interesting isn't it
It's interesting, right?
It's not interesting.
When affirmative action works, its critics deny its essential nature.
Critics deny affirmative action's nature when it works.
Critics say nothing ever.
Halfway back along Kyushu's west coast, Kumamoto is an old castle town that was of considerable importance to the Tokugawa shoguns as a counterweight to the presence of the annoyingly independent Shimazu clan down in Kagoshima.
In Kagoshima, there is an independent clan called Shimazu.
The Shimazu clan is situated in Miyatana.
There WAS a French young lady staying in the house.
In the house was a young French woman.
The old woman from Russia was outside the house on the porch.
or i'll go you know do a
I'll go.
I won't go.
The preamble to the final rule discusses the comments received and the actions taken upon them.
The process for comments received and actions taken is already written.
Comment discussion is not available in this environment.
one was a store and one was like a a fast food place i think it chicken or something i don't know anyway they raped the women
I'm not sure what kind of store it was, but they raped the women in there.
They let the women go without harm.
yeah that's uh that's the same with me well um i grew up in a rural area there's nothing but farms
There is nothing but farms in rural areas.
He grew up in a city.
because the heat would just dry them up after you know about three good weeks of nice weather before the heat started
The heat would dry them up after a few weeks.
New plants would thrive with all the heat we will get.
so yeah it really is surprising that people haven't noticed it before
it's pretty strange that people haven't noticed it before
apparently, I was the only one not to notice it
well i think that in the in the cases that like that uh they had to be uh pretty thoroughly examined to prove that they had pacifist and religious beliefs and so forth and that this wasn't something new just to keep out of going to war it was
They needed to be examined to prove something.
They need to prove they have no religious beliefs.
It was time to move the capital.
The capital had long been overdue for a move.
The capital was perfectly fine where it stood.
In addition to these actions, GAO has voluntarily decided to express an opinion on internal controls and key compliance issues in connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the U.S.
The GAO has an opinion on the auditing and consolidation of U.S. financial statements.
The GAO needs not express any concern over the United States and its financial practices.
On the wall here, you'll see what appears to be the Star of David.
There is, on the wall here, what appears to be the Star of David.
On this wall you will see a rendering of the Last Supper.
It's almost the last thing I remember before waking up in the hospital… . 169 "Go on," said Sir James, in his quiet penetrating tones.
After that he remembered almost nothing before waking up in the hospital.
He remembered everything led to him going to the hospital.
You can bet no one will ever elect me to public office.
It is not likely that I will be elected to public office.
I am a surefire winner, so it is a good idea for me to run for office.
Mr. Brown The voice stopped.
The voice stopped speaking after they said "Mr Brown"
After the voice said Mr Brown they continued speaking.
The pyramids of Egypt have exerted a powerful hold on the world since explorers first began to explore this ancient land.
Explorers to Egypt quickly noticed the pyramids.
The powerful hold on the world is certainly not something that pyramids have.
Israel's boundaries were redrawn and expanded to almost what they are now, whereas the Palestinian Arab territories were reduced to the central-eastern area, known as the West Bank (of the Jordan River), and the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Arab territories were reduced to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Palestine kept all the land it had.
and we didn't have a tent or any camping supplies so we'd sleep on those picnic tables at roadside parks i mean i know it's dangerous i wouldn't do it now but we did
It was a dangerous thing to do.
I would still do that now.
We might aid it with high-frequency radiation, but I distrust the effects on the prepsyche.
I have the capacity to help but I'm worried about the consequences.
We have no capacity to help with high-frequency radiation.
yeah so it's got to be the most controversial thing if you could pick on the list
Hence it is the most controversial thing among the other things.
It is the least controversial option there is.
So it's like a cockpit.
Its similar to a cockpit.
It is nothing like a cockpit.
really until there are about six more in the cage
Until there are at least six more in the cage.
Until there are ten more in that cage.
The Maryland Legal Services Corp. - which supports 28 organizations providing legal help to those with cases involving domestic abuse, landlord-tenant disputes and other issues - faces a $1 million budget shortfall because of slack interest on the accounts that help fund it.
The Maryland Legal Services Corp. supports 28 organizations.
The Maryland Legal Services Corp. does not support any more than 10 organizations.
but uh i i have one mainly i bought it because i'm in uh taking a lot of courses along with work and it's very useful in that respect but i hope to do something more with it
I purchased one, largely due to the fact that I am doing numerous courses, for which it is very helpful.
I didn't buy it in the end because I knew it wouldn't prove to be very useful.
Nope git behind a rock an' ambush ... put th' whole hell-fired country t' work fur them.
In order to do an ambush, you have to be hiding.
In order to do an ambush, you have to be standing in the open.
They left rather suddenly."
They left in a hurry.
They took their time leaving.
Kanishka was a champion of the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) school, which attributed for the first time a quasi-divinity to Buddha; his active patronage of the arts led to the creation of the first bronze and stone sculptures of Buddha.
Kanishka supported the arts and made possible the crafting of bronze sculptures of Buddha.
The arts were spurned by Kanishka, who ardently believed the Buddha wasn't a divine being.
Coming upon the statue at the top of the hill, even though you may have already seen it from a distance, is still an awe-inspiring experience.
The statue is more impressive up close than from a distance.
The statue's flaws make the statue unimpressive when up close.
Not very professional looking.
It doesn't look very professional.
It looks very professional.
oh okay my dad is too
Yes, my father is too.
Oh no, my father is not like that.
REPORT ON LSC'S RECONFIGURATION STANDARDS
There is a report on LSC's reconfiguration standards.
There is no report on LSC's reconfiguration standards.
And there is yet another valid that the widespread transmission of racial stereotypes might indeed be helpful to hate groups.
Racial stereotypes might help hate groups.
Racial stereotypes do nothing for hate groups.
These essays are accessible directly from the Contents page or from the relevant item in The Week/The Spin.
These essays are available online.
These essays can be found in one book only, in the library.
If this conjecture is correct, then Italy's delivery percentages could be adjusted upwards (by an unknown amount) towards the predicted value and their mail processing costs would then have to be adjusted downwards.
Italy's delivery percentage was less than the predicted value.
Italy's delivery percentage was much more than the predicted value.
Fannie Mae, unfortunately, has become a model.
It is unfortunate that Fannie Mae has become a model.
Fannie Mae never became a model.
yeah if you if you're over by Asheville you're pretty good because you're up there in the mountains and you've got some nice ozone and all that over here in Raleigh it's kind of flat and stagnant and just yucky
Asheville is better because of the mountains but Raleigh is flat and stagnant.
The mountains here in Asheville makes it much worse.
Canada Miss started to look a little sloppy.
Canda Miss began to appear a little careless.
Canada Miss continued to look sloppy.
you know that that they're not in the home by choice anymore
They're not in the home by choice
They're in the home by their own choice
yeah yeah well i'm i'm working for TI Texas Instruments down here
I work for Texas Instruments down here.
I have never worked for Texas Instruments at all.
They finally surrendered on Christmas Day in 1941.
They surrendered on 25th of December 1941.
They didn't surrender until 1950 in mid-July.
because uh there's no way they can even i think mathematically they're out of the play-off scene now
There is not a chance they can, mathematically they are no longer in the play off race.
They are still in the running for playoffs.
One of the chambers deep in the mine was so large that it could hold the entire population.
The entire population could fit in one of the mine's chambers.
None of the chambers in the mines were big enough to fit people.
Despite occasional conflicts, they live in a remarkable state of harmony.
They live in a remarkable state of harmony, despite occasional conflicts.
Despite occasional peace, they live in a state of chaos.
yeah every three thousand miles i'll change the oil i've got about ninety four thousand miles on the car right now
My car has ninety thousand miles on it, and I change the oil every three thousand miles.
I only change the oil every six thousand miles.
um-hum because women are in every field now i mean i can't think of a field that they're not involved in
Women have jobs in all fields.
Women are not allowed to work in high paying positions.
it's just the audit department happened to be just a little behind the times because the uh the senior vice president over audits is cheap
The audit department is growing obsolete because the Senior Vice President is too cheap to do them.
The audit department is at the forefront of innovation.
She is about to launch her own TV talk show.
Her own talk show is about to launch, it will be on TV.
Her talk show failed to launch due to unseen circumstances.
Come, he said, "now to examine the coffee-cups!"
"Investigate the coffee cups immediately!", he said.
He said, "Go on, we don't need to examine anything today!"
no i know i know a little bit more than most people but no where near enough to even talk intelligently about them
I need to learn more before talking about it with other people.
I'm a leading expert on this.
This raises the question of how the federal government can save if reducing federal debt held by the public is not an option.
The question is of "how the federal government can save if reducing federal debt held by the public is not an option."
The question isn't of "how the federal government can save if reducing federal debt held by the public is not an option."
In the long run, a larger capital stock also requires more saving just to replace depreciating capital.
A larger capital stock requires more savings just to replace depreciating capital.
In the long run a larger capital stock does not require more savings to replace depreciating capital.
Performance improvements cited included increased efficiency and improved customer satisfaction.
There was some noted improvement in the performance.
All the customers said they were not satisfied.
This natural force has been venerated by man since early times, as shown by the cave-temple of Pan, to whom the Syrians and Greeks dedicated the stream.
The Syrians and Greeks worshiped Pan.
The Syrians and Greeks were entirely atheists.
The agency offers forms for renters to try to get their security deposit returned, and forms for people who want to get divorced or modify their divorce decree.
The agency offers forms that can help renters get their deposits back.
The agency doesn't get involved in tennant-landlord disputes.
The dude admitted that he tried weed once back in school.
He admitted to trying weed back in school.
He had never touched weed in his entire life.
Yet once again, Clinton's critics are lumping it into a pattern.
There's a clear pattern in the criticism lobbied at Clinton.
Clinton's critics never cease to surprise us with their methods of attack.
Figure 1: Agencies Varied in Percentage of Proprosed Rules Published During Calendar Year 1999 Explicitly Permitting Electronic or Facsimile Comments
Several agencies vary in their comment rules.
All agencies use the same electronic or facsimile comment rules.
Chris Hoiles, starting catcher for the Orioles, told me one day in the locker room, We're usually the dirtiest guys on the field and the sweatiest guys on the field.
Chris Hoiles is a starting catcher for the Orioles
Chris Hoiles never talks to people in the locker room.
Its buildings tumble down toward the water with stunning views.
There are stunning views from the buildings located by the water.
The buildings are facing away from the water.
We at The Salmon Corp care about our employees, you know.'
The Salmon Corp cares for their workers.
The Salmon Corp cares little for their workers.
The storm killed at least 68 people and caused damage worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Dozens died in the storm.
No one was injured.
For a time, Drudge straddled the divide between Web and checkout-line cultures, making the national press corps regularly scramble to cover a tabloid item.
The national press corps often had to scramble to cover tabloid stories.
Drudge only covered mainstream news and never delved into tabloid journalism.
The fluid in it splashed into Mrs. Vandemeyer's face, and during her momentary gasp, Tuppence's right hand shot out and grasped the revolver where it lay on the edge of the washstand.
Tuppence grabbed the gun after fluid splashed on Mrs. Vandemeyer's face.
Mrs. Vandemeyer was holding the gun when fluid was splashed on her face.
His dance around the canvas looks like its own hidden language.
His dancing was dramatic.
He stood still.
well uh from what i understand there's been studies that uh these children are uh more rebellious uh they term it as more uh creative
Children are now more rebellious.
Children are now significantly less rebellious.
oh it's northern well i've been i've been everywhere i've lived overseas for TI for ten years uh four four years in Malaysia rather seven years and three years in the Philippines and i lived in Pittsburgh before i came here i was raised in New England so it's but i've been here thirty two years so i sort of consider myself a Texan i got a
As a self proclaimed Texan, I have traveled many places overseas.
I lived in the Philippines for ten years and four months.
you know sense about you then even if you did the exact same crime chances are you wouldn't get you'd get life instead of the death penalty as a opposed to somebody who couldn't communicate well and at that time it just seemed so fair unfair that um i i felt like i couldn't uh um you know i just didn't agree with it
Someone who couldn't community well would get the death penalty.
If you communicate well, you will definitely get the death penalty.
that uh really hit us hard but i've been able to work enough overtime to you know really help with the with covering the expenses so but we've never been we've been married for uh nearly four years and we've never been able to save any money and i think it's just hit both of us uh just in the past few months that we need to start saving some money no matter what we do we need to put that in our budget and just start doing it
It just occurred to us recently that we need to start saving money.
We have always had savings in our household budget.
The narrow entrance squeezes past a bookshop and opens out into a delightful, plant-filled patio.
There's a delightful patio that has plants on it at the end of the entrance.
The entrance is broad and spacious going past the bookshop.
Multimethod Policy Issues and Applications.
There are policy issues.
The policy issue focuses on one issue.
He needn't have done so.
He didn't have to do that.
He was forced to do that.
But look here, sir, we're taking up an awful lot of your time.
A lot of your time has been taken up by us.
We only took a brief moment of your time.
He was its only lawyer at first.
Initially he was the only Attorney.
He was only one of many lawyers it had.
With these two laws, Congress imposed on federal agencies a new and more businesslike framework for management and accountability.
A more professional framework has been established for management and accountability with these two laws.
The federal agencies will have to develop a new approach to making the current laws work more in their favor.
Somehow I do.
I'm not sure why, but I do.
The truth is I don't.
His body was totally relaxed.
He was relaxed and at ease.
He was rigid and nervous.
Follow the signs to the sightseeing point where, on the predictably clear day, you can see acrose48 km (30 miles) of blue ocean to La Desirade, 67 km (42 miles) to Antigua, and even 77 km (48 miles) to the ash-covered peaks of Montserrat.
You can see La Desirade, Antigua, and Montserrat from the sightseeing point.
Even on a clear day, you can hardly see your hand in front of your face.
as as you do a good telling a good story and i thought that was that movie really told a good story
I thought that movie told a really good story
I didn't like the story in that movie.
Pattern matching requires using past experience, logic, or theory before the job begins to specify what we expect to find.
Logic has an effect as to how pattern matching functions.
Pattern matching does not consider past experience.
Come in, I said, springing up.
"Come in," I asked while springing up.
"Stay away," I said while seated.
well Amy it's been uh kind of overcast today and cloudy we have a our i have a son in kindergarten he was having a kite day
Today was sort of overcast and cloudy.
The weather has been completely clear today.
Dave did as she had ordered, busy with his own thoughts as he discovered what he was to wear.
Dave did what she wanted him to.
Dave refused to do what she wanted.
Keirsey does not muck around in your excretions in order to determine your personality.
Keirsey does not need much to determine your personality.
Keirsey will have a very difficult time determining your personality.
Ethnic diversity is only one element in a range of factors a university properly may consider in attaining the goal of a heterogeneous student body.
There are a number of elements that a university should consider in attaining the goal of a heterogeneous student body
The only meaningful element of a heterogeneous student body is ethnic diversity.
What else had been in that trunk?
There had been things in that trunk.
There had been things in that trolley.
But there are only a few of us who possess a stout enough psychological profile to allow ourselves or even imagine ourselves purchasing a big cushy wonder boy or girl reclining chair.
Only a few of us can imagine buying a recliner.
Everyone can imagine buying a recliner.
Her works, particularly featuring detectivesHercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre.
She writes books in the crime genre.
The author was not well regarded among her peers.
i've gone to a few games i not in a while went to uh actually went to a play off game once
I have been to some games before.
I went to a championship game of theirs.
Just in case, he set up a second password to secure files containing, what he called, 'personally strategic data.' He added both passwords into the cell phone, just in case.
He sometimes kept passwords in the cell phone.
He had no idea how to secure the files.
Simon's appointment was scheduled for 3:18PM.
Simon had an appointment scheduled in the afternoon.
Simon did not have an appointment scheduled.
Another proof, if proof was needed.
There was more proof.
There was no evidence whatsoever.
Ideally, the design fixes for the failures should be corrected prior to manufacturing production units.
The fixes for the failures should be fixed before they are built.
There are no concerns over any things needed a good fixing.
Ah, yes, my young friend of the tree episode!
There was a tree episode.
The friend from the tree episode is an older gent.
We also chart the critical consensus about books, movies, art, and music in Summary Judgment and spare you from having to watch the Sunday talk shows by offering you the gist in Pundit Central (check in Sunday evening to prepare for Monday sessions at the water cooler).
We help you and spare you from doing the work.
We do nothing for you and offer you no services.
A term appointment would help to provide continuity that spans the tenure of the political leadership to ensure that long-term stewardship issues are addressed and change management initiatives are successfully completed.
The term appointment will be to ensure that issues regarding stewardship are addressed.
The continuity that spans the tenure of political leadership is not provided in the term appointment.
However, participation in a taxpayer clinic is not solely limited to tax experts since these programs provide extensive training and mentoring.
Participation in a taxpayer clinic is not solely limited to tax experts.
Participating in a taxpayer clinic is exclusive and only available to tax experts.
um so uh but uh you know the not a lot i could do about it
I couldn't do much about it.
I was in complete control of it.
He has now set the record for Wimbledon singles titles in this century (six) and tied the record for most Grand Slam victories (12).
He has six Wimbledon singles titles in this century, setting a new record, and 12 Grand Slam victories, tying the record.
He has been unsuccessful at Wimbledon and hasn't won any titles.