Content tagged circumstances

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Mahathir criticises Malays for not making enough of their government-given advantages. Would like to know more about the circumstances of this. gulfstream/836

Hitchens, in his final “Minority Report” column, wearily argues for war with Iraq. Plus: “Moreover, it’s obvious to me that the  … gulfstream/929

Blair’s speech to the House of Commons. (1) The first quarter or so deals with Iraq’s well-documented breaches and violations of various resolutions … gulfstream/1080

Jurors are increasingly deciding to not execute those convicted of a capital offence, in part because defence lawyers “have become more skilled … gulfstream/1202

A history of modern Israel, more or less, and how it has featured in European and American foreign policy. (It describes the circumstances that … gulfstream/1260

Web site for London’s (fairly hard-core) campaign to get people to not give money to beggars. “Don’t give to people begging on the street; … gulfstream/1521

Quotes Collected

Words and Expressions Commonly Misused _They._ [ ... ] The use of _he_ as as pronoun for nouns embracing both genders is a simple, practical convention … quotes/12

The great man knew not that he was great. It took a century or two for that fact to appear. What he did, he did because he must; it was the most natural … emerson/7

Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. -- Sun Tzu, … artofwar/6