But our German tour guide acted like it was nothing unusual, and I decided it was better not to ask her why it happened.

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One of them ask her, why you cry?

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She should ask him point blank if and why he thinks her views are middlebrow, and what exactly that is supposed to mean.

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When she emerged from her quarters shortly before their arrival, he thought to ask why she awakened so early.

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They tend to have more control over their lives at work--why pay someone six figures if you're not going to ask her to use her own judgment?

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