But before you can forgive somebody, there has to be an acknowledgement of transgression.. But to ask somebody who is the victim of abuse to simply give a carte blanche forgiveness, is a psychologically meaningless and potentially, really harmful task to set them.

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He could ask Britain to find somebody more exciting than Sir Alastair Goodlad, a worthy but colourless figure who heads its shortlist for Brussels.

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Bettye LaVette has a favor to ask: "Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, " she pleads in a heartbreaking Willie Nelson song on her new album, Scene of the Crime.

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Instead of trying to help somebody implement an immediately visible improvement, ask what would have the maximum impact in 10 years.

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Did somebody from the White House reach out to Senator Kyl and ask him to clarify his remarks?

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The Interior Ministry may even have to ask some candidates to transfer from their district of choice so that a village has somebody to vote for at all.

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So I ask you, in a moment of crisis, if somebody is able to turn off power on the East Coast or the West Coast or generally nationwide, what the response would be of the American public?

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If they're not part of that 90 percent who agree that we should make it harder for a criminal or somebody with a severe mental illness to buy a gun, then you should ask them, why not?

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