"But my view is that marriage, itself, is a relationship between a man and a woman and that's my own preference, " he said.

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"This is literally a turning point in the relationship between man and nature, " said molecular biologist Richard Ebright at Rutgers University, who wasn't involved in the project.

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No, I would say very firmly because marriage is a relationship between man and woman and I don't think it actually helps to confuse terms, I also believe very strongly in the importance of friendship and people can have a deep friendship and call it friendship but we don't have to muddy the waters in terms of calling, calling it marriage.

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Known for the elegance of his designs, Calatrava discusses the relationship between art and architecture and man's desire to build increasingly higher -- he has recently conceived the proposed Chicago Spire, soon to be the tallest residential building in the world.

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Orlean describes the extra-canine feats that Duncan would train Rinty to perform as indelibly connected to a relationship of mutual respect between dog and man.

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Russell's comedy drama is about the relationship between a man with a bipolar disorder and a woman dealing with depression after the death of her husband.

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Its central relationship, between an upper-middle-class man and his working-class lover, has been described as sentimental, its happy ending dismissed as wish-fulfilment.

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"Silver Linings Playbook" centers on the relationship between a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospital and a young widow (Lawrence).

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