But more importantly, we want to know how addiction and dysfunction draw people who could be (and probably are) our friends, family, and neighbors into unbelievably long dramas without interference until the producers appear on the scene.

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Savor that: In her determination to rationalize away the uncongenial truth of Patton's observations, Bahadur has spun herself into a denial that women bear any responsibility for initiating a relationship and an insistence that Prince Charming simply appear on the scene.

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Nor was Valencia's Roberto Soldado, a consistent scorer over the years at the club level but one who doesn't appear to fit the bill on the international scene.

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Adopting an indifferent posture as she focuses for a moment on Zaak, she studies his expressions or lack of them, and remarks, with surprise, that he does not appear as if he is expecting an untoward occurrence: the telltale advent on the scene of armed youths intent on launching a virulent mayhem that might end in either of them being shot or killed.

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She did not appear to cry, as she did during the viewing of chilling crime-scene footage on Tuesday, but she blinked, looked down and exhibited small, absent-minded jaw movements.

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