Brooks is convinced, or he was in 2006, that thumos is so profoundly important it is not really possible fully to understand social and political life without it.
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But even readers who love Facebook, or at least cannot imagine life without it, should see its stock market failure as a sign of the commercial limits of the Internet.
However, like everyone, I lose it and know how flat life is without it.
There are many treatments - such as cataract removal, for example, which greatly improve quality of life, without necessarily extending it.
Without it life would not exist at all.
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"Evidence shows that the death penalty is not a deterrent, it cannot be administered without racial bias and it costs three times as much as life in prison without parole, " Governor O'Malley said in a statement.
The death penalty will be replaced by life imprisonment without parole, although it will remain on the statute books in wartime.
It started life without a soul, the collective effort of once-creative artists like Taymor and Bono now resigned to parodying their own best work.
I'm not sure how much different my life would be right now without it, but it would be very hard to give it up.
And while it's difficult to imagine a life without glasses, the growing consumption of LASIK surgery (this writer swears by it) is more of a vanity thing than economically essential.
But many people who are going without life insurance may really need it.
The human race has almost all the tools it needs to continue leading much the sort of life it has been enjoying without causing a net increase in greenhouse-gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
The village certainly continues to make me happy and I find it difficult to imagine life without the occasional visit.
We found life very difficult without Wayne so I think it will be good to have him back.
Why do some corporations have such a strong personality that it is hard to imagine life without them?
Benedict gave an insight into the life of the pontiff, describing it as without any kind of privacy, with his time devoted entirely to the Church -- perhaps particularly difficult for a man known for his love of scholarship.
Perhaps the habit of singing is less a part of everyday life than it once was, where previous generations without televisions and computers would naturally come together to sing and share stories.
This'll give LTE carriers a technology path that should easily carry CDMA through the end of its life without oversaturation, and as an added bonus, it frees up space for more EV-DO spectrum.
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Even if a company shows no sign of life, the court cannot close it for ten years without the agreement of two-thirds of creditor banks.
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If it had to, the country could enjoy life without exporting or importing.
How do you plan for any other cost in life when health care is allowed to charge whatever it wants without transparency?
In the Netherlands, Mohammed Bouyeri, who had confessed in court to killing Theo van Gogh , a controversial film-maker, and said he would be ready to do it again, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
It is as if we could all have everlasting life without ever dying.
For those taxpayers, lower tax rates just make it easier to still live the life style they want without working very hard or taking risk.
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We may not always think about the importance of music or dance or laughter to the life of this nation, but who would want to imagine America without it?
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It goes without saying that the loss of human life due to the tsunami and earthquake and the potential for horrendous genetic defects and cancers associated with radiation are extremely frightening.
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Apple says they've figured out how to implement third party multitasking without hurting performance or battery life, and they're demoing it now -- you just double click the home button and see a list of your apps, and you can just tap to switch between apps.
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The charity describes it as being potentially life-threatening and sometimes carried out without anaesthetic.
Ms. HAMMONDS-BLAKELY: Without question, if it was not for God in my life, I would not have made it through that experience.
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