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... “saw national interest and the spread of human rights as inextricable” creating for the neoconservatives a moral rationale of spreading democracy amid more concrete national interest rationales. However, significant divisions within the Bush administration existed over the “democratic domino theory” and the State Department repeatedly addressed doubts and disbelief with the democratic theory ...

Beltless

... with wish-fulfillment lesbianism. This is a common phenomenon in many so-called great movies (see also Larry David, Vince Gallo, Woody Allen, David Lynch, author David Eggers, and so forth). Unreasonable rationales, such as there being no Afterlife or the 18-year-old 'girl' who will want to sleep with you, the happily-married older man, have entered into more studio executive fantasies than any ...

Where the missing money went.

... > This ascetic rewarding of self denial, with religious overtones, is > still used by some in the 20th century, but Adam Smith's 1776 WEALTH OF > NATIONS, capitalism's "bible", put aside these earlier rationales, and > justified usury in economic terms: > "The interest or the use of money.is the compensation which the > borrower pays to the lender, for the profit which he has an opportunity of > ...

Mini Book Review: Easy Peasey, by Allan & Barbara Pease

... you what to do (usually with a single recommendation), but not very much about why, or how it all fits together, or what other options or messages you might be sending by doing what they suggest. Rationales for recommendations tend to be in the order of 'studies show' or 'research has concluded'. Now because this is Allan Pease and I've read some of his other, more descriptive books a long time ...

Fic: Bolero (Part 1 of 4)

...longer smiling; he had passed out in his arms. House stared off towards his front door for a good few moments, still overwhelmed with surprise, his every braincell set to work on provide rationales. Then he carefully laid Wilson back down on the floor, his head on the pillow, and backed away. Fortunately, there was no real effort involved in rationalising it away; if Wilson was...

character story - Flesh and Spirit

... to find and despair for. But then, if gods were in the habit of sending their dead followers back to earth...well, better to send them straight back. Even with all his inane moralising and rationales, Alexander had never been too fond of the idea of divine intervention, and Andrei positively detested the notion. For once, the monster found itself on a point of agreement with its delusional, duty-...

...Draco in this one, but it could have benefited from embracing the HP world a little more fully. Heartbreak: A History - PG-13 - This has one of the best Hermione/Ron break-up rationales I've read in Draco/Hermione fic, and the interspersed excerpts from Hermione's History emphasise nicely how these characters are history makers, but the characterisation of Draco is a little off. I Know the...

Do you know about the dangers of Viagra

... a flu shot. Based on everything that I know about flu shots, I think it's pretty clear that their main effect is to tax and possibly weaken one's immune system. There are a number of rationales why I feel that flu shots should be averted, But here's the most obvious reason: One in a million people who receive the flu shot advances a neurological disease called Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Guillain-...

happy times

having my friends with me during this time of my life made everything so relax even though the pressure is on all of us.. exams..lectures and rationales are the things we spend most of our time nowadays.. we still find time to have fun and laugh.. i know we're not supposed to be like this.. but being stressed out entirely is not on our list.. we take everyday with open arms and a smile=)...

Judge reduces Indian-American operator Malils bail

... Post said its previously undisclosed understanding helped persuade several sceptical member states to support a waiver authorising nuclear trade with India. #39The agreement undercuts one of the Indian government #39s key rationales for seeking a civilian nuclear deal with the United States - that it would open the door for #39full civil nuclear cooperation #39 with the rest of the world, #39...