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" In Mumbai, I found, people practiced a showy, demonstrative kind of love, one unafraid of affection or emotion. "
Elizabeth Flock
Love
Kind
Affection
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" In 1984, Jim Koch used his family's lager recipe to start Boston Beer Company, which has since become the largest 'craft' brewer in the country. He brews Samuel Adams, a rich lager named after the American revolutionary that comes with the tagline, 'Take pride in your beer.' "
Elizabeth Flock
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Family
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" HIV/AIDS isn't a top priority for any of the three major LGBT groups in the U.S.: not the HRC, or the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), or the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) - who together are somewhat pejoratively known as 'Gay Inc.' "
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" India has a long history with devotional, even obsessive love, be it for a personal god or for your lover. "
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" The battle between craft breweries and big beer stretches back to the 1990s, when the idea of buying a beer brewed by a small, independent brewery first took off. "
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" Despite allegations by liberal advocacy groups that voter suppression tactics by the right hindered minority voting, blacks represented 13 percent of the electorate in 2012, a percentage about equivalent with 2008. "
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Right
" Wal-Mart's slogan 'Save money, live better' promises a lot. So does its entrance into Chicago. "
Elizabeth Flock
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Promises
Chicago
" President Obama has shelled out more in federal spending than the five presidents that came before him. "
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Him
Five
Before
" Americans don't know the Constitution. More than half of those surveyed can't name any of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment. Only a quarter can name all three branches of government. "
Elizabeth Flock
Know
Name
Constitution
" The American public believes the Founding Fathers were close to infallible and that, while our political system has its faults, it functions far better than other democracies. But is it true? "
Elizabeth Flock
Better
Far
Political
" There's perhaps no better way to understand what's happening in a marriage than being inside the home. "
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Way
Better
Understand
" When American poet Alice Notley was very young, she used to sit in front of the radio and just listen. When she got older, she began to hear words and songs in her head everywhere she went - songs she loved, like 'Begin the Beguine' by Cole Porter, and her own words that sometimes tumbled out into poems. "
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She
Listen
Own
" Xenophobia is defined as the uncontrollable fear of foreigners. That fear should not dictate the immigration dialogue any longer. "
Elizabeth Flock
Immigration
Dialogue
Dictate
" Not every dollar spent to gain influence on Capitol Hill comes from a big global industrial behemoth. Hundreds of small advocacy groups and nonprofits spend thousands each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies on the issues they care about most, and their efforts often go under the radar. "
Elizabeth Flock
Influence
Care
Congress
" I think there is this cliche of Indian men who want a forward-thinking girlfriend but a traditional wife. I think that creates tension in a marriage. "
Elizabeth Flock
Marriage
Think
Want
" There was a time when poetry often made its way to vinyl; take a deep dive, for example, into the beat poets' countercultural albums of the 1950s to '80s. "
Elizabeth Flock
Time
Vinyl
Deep
" In any marriage, it seems, love is when you keep paying attention. "
Elizabeth Flock
Love
Attention
You
" There is no denying that unhappiness - even violence - exists in some arranged marriages. Or that some arranged marriages are borne out of cruelty. And part of that six percent global divorce rate can be attributed to the powerful stigma against divorce that's present in countries where arranged marriage is common. "
Elizabeth Flock
Violence
Powerful
Marriage
" Leftist, anti-fascist activists known as Antifa, whose stated goals are to stamp out racism, white supremacy and authoritarianism, sometimes do use violence. "
Elizabeth Flock
Racism
Goals
White
" The American Humanist Association, whose slogan is 'Good without a God,' created the National Day of Reason with the Washington Area Secular Humanists to raise awareness about government threats to religious liberty and up the profile of the non-religious community. "
Elizabeth Flock
Good
God
Day
" Artists know they need to have digital presences to build and bolster their fan base, and fans have exploited that fact. "
Elizabeth Flock
Fact
Fans
Know
" Buckhannon, population 5,639, is a deeply conservative town and long has been. While coal is its past, oil and gas are its likely future. It's a town where guns are sold at yard sales, where Pentecostal churches are nearly as common as restaurants, and where distrust of Hillary Clinton is visceral and deep-seated. "
Elizabeth Flock
Conservative
Sales
Past
" May 2 is traditionally the National Day of Prayer, a government-designated religious event intended to encourage people to 'turn to God in prayer and meditation.' "
Elizabeth Flock
God
People
Prayer
" The lack of space and a growing prison population has strained resources and put pressure on all levels of the penal system. "
Elizabeth Flock
Growing
Space
System
" In the 1980s and the 1990s, when HIV hit its peak, the gay community was at the forefront of the fight against the silent killer. "
Elizabeth Flock
Gay
Peak
Fight
" Certainly, Occupy Wall Street protesters have different ideas about the movement's mission. Many of the marchers I met even disagreed on the purpose of their trek - some thought it was about getting to Washington to protest the 'supercommittee'; others thought it was about visiting other Occupations. "
Elizabeth Flock
Thought
Ideas
Street
" One of the most bitter complaints of craft brewers is that big beer wins consumers by introducing beers whose names resemble the names of actual independent beers. After New Belgium came out with a popular beer called Sunshine Wheat, MillerCoors, through its Leinenkugel brand, came out with a beer called Sunset Wheat. "
Elizabeth Flock
Sunshine
Beer
Brand
" At first glance, The Color Run does look a lot like Holi. Its website is populated by photos of people throwing coloured powder at each other and in the air, outdoors, at the start of spring. The only difference, it seemed, was that there was a 5 km. run added in. And that it cost $54.99 to participate. "
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Color
Run
Start
" Much has been written about Trump's style of speech, which linguists have said is often unintelligible yet deeply compelling. Orwell's famous 1946 essay, 'Politics and the English Language,' centers on the use of abstract words, often by politicians, to obscure reality. "
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Reality
Famous
Words
" Rock music has always embraced - and even represented - rebellion, rowdiness, and a robust disdain for social decorum. But along with more classical art forms like theater, opera, and the symphony, it's suffering from the distracted, smartphone-carrying audiences of the digital age. "
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Rock
Suffering
Art
" A study by the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, found scenes of graphic violence and gore are increasing in TV dramas - and particularly on NBC. "
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Parents
Media
Group