• It was into this culture that I flung, as it were, A Place at the Table, arguing, in essence, against the idea of a gay ghetto, whether in life or in culture.

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  • There are two other project teams working on looking at subglacial environments in Antarctica, and when all the projects are complete, it should provide a fascinating look at whether life can survive in such extreme conditions.

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  • Whether the paid-up life insurance should be in an irrevocable trust or similar entities depends on whether the tax-free bonds are estate assets or outside the estate.

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  • Whether the rock varnish is rich in manganese, and whether nature or past or present life created it, are questions that could be tackled by two U.S. rovers and one European lander that are scheduled to reach the red planet in 2003 and 2004.

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  • It's also a cousin to "Made, " MTV's long-running series where someone, usually someone who is socially awkward, gets coached into improving something in their life, whether it be working up the nerve to ask out their crush or becoming an athlete or a hip hop dancer.

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  • Despite the fact that Arthur pays U.S. dollars to "own" virtual land in Second Life, and that his renters also pay him in real money, it's unclear whether he, or any of Second Life's "residents, " have lasting rights to these virtual tracts.

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  • Among many other potential effects we examined family socioeconomic background, intelligence as measured by the Graduate Management Admissions Test, emotional intelligence, participation rate in athletics and other activities, whether people started working a part-time job early in life, and military service, if any.

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  • It will serve you well, whether in coping with the frictions of everyday life or some life-shattering accident or tragedy.

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  • The real test is whether it equips them for a life in the outside world, as opposed to a life in the military.

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  • It's difficult to say whether this will be that useful in real life, but we'll need to test it out for an extended period to find that out.

    ENGADGET

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  • To my surprise, there was scarcely any scientific literature on whether adults could really pick up an instrument late in life.

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  • And the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering whether to nominate Nairobi Half Life for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category -- the first time a Kenyan movie has been considered.

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  • The Supreme Court usually gets the last word in these matters, regardless of whether one agrees with their decisions -- even matters of life and death, which many argue are the stakes in this health care debate.

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