But that leaves open the question of why any person in his or her right mind would allow a failure to communicate to occur in the first place.

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No one in his or her right mind is going to seriously buy this thing.

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Still, no one in his or her right mind thought that the drilling ban will be permanent.

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"Right now, in her mind, she's thinking this is exactly how it should've happened, " said John Miller, son of co-owner Lisa Miller.

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But I knew the only thing that would make everything right would be for her husband to walk through the door right now, safe and whole in body and mind, the same man he was when he left.

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Patten is hoping to raise money for three charities during her swim - BBC Children in Need, Mind and Right to Play.

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It might not be the first word to come to mind, but he defended Hilary Swank's right to punch her weight in the Academy Award-winning "Million Dollar Baby, " and he has regularly cast strong, smart actresses in his films, women like Marcia Gay Harden, Frances Fisher, Diane Venora, Sondra Locke and Laura Linney.

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