We are there because our friends are there.

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Maybe my best friend and I are best friends because we share common interests.

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Such gratitude is not, of course, due the Saudis - who, we are endlessly told, are among our most reliable "friends" in the Middle East - because they are working to drive down the price of oil set by the OPEC racketeers' cartel.

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Something that the writer implies (and I am sure it was not his intention) is that many men feel threaten by the fact that women can do multitasks without having a hard attack or losing hair because we are used to work under a lot of pressure (family, friends, co-workers, society).

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"I think they figure that their friends are watching but we're not, because they think we are old and decrepit and we barely know how to turn the computer on, " says Dr. Rivera, 54-years-old, of being a parent.

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Family, friends and the fans are disappointed because they are looking for more from the team and we ourselves are really disappointed because we started well and just fell off in the last three games, which were unfortunately critical games for us.

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