Do you think I should neck or not? I shall not enter the kingdom of heaven anyway so I don't see what difference it makes.'" And then she writes back, Mary Brittle: "Dear Sabbath: Light necking is acceptable, but I think your real problem is one of adjustment to the modern world.

你认为我是该做还是不该做，我反正都上不了天堂了,因此，我认为做不做都无所谓，之后她给她回信了，玛丽-巴瑞特，亲爱的萨巴斯，你的做法是可接受的，但我认为,你真正的问题是无法融入现代社会。

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Hence the brittle Portland Trail Blazers' center, Greg Oden, isn't spared, nor is underachiever Eddy Curry of the Knicks, whose lack of interest in conditioning has contributed to his injury problems the past two years.

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