But for Korten, who has extensively studied capitalism and the evolution of business, the economic roller coaster of recent years has confirmed his belief in the circle of life or in this case, business.

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The questions they are asked in the media and in real life constantly circle simplistically around the same frames of reference terrorism, women, and assimilation fixations that may be understandable in this age but frequently overlook the complex human dimensions of Muslim-American or Arab-American life.

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Such is the circle of life in Washington.

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Keane continues to chronologically log all the important events in Havel's life -- from his formation of a youthful literary circle christened the Thirty-Sixers to his first plays to his imprisonment for his promotion of Charter 77, a document which pointed to the discrepancies between law and reality in socialist Czechoslovakia.

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Sure, we care about Jennifer, but we follow her life, and the life of other celebrities, mostly because they are now in our "friendship circle, " however illusory this perception is.

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