But meeting people online, whether for romance, friendship, collegiality, or anonymous sex is becoming not only common, but has lost its novelty.

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Ulster Unionist Basil McCrea says the "jury is still out" on whether Sinn Fein's hand of friendship is genuine.

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He is alleged to have lied about the date his improper activity with Ms. Lewinsky began, and whether it was preceded by any period of friendship.

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Whether the gods will smile on their newly remade friendship effort remains to be seen.

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And more particularly, interracial friendship was seen as a symbol of whether or not democracy could work.

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And especially in a democratic society, friendship was seen as a test case of whether or not democracy was working.

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The question that remains is whether or not the GOP can extend the hand of friendship to the Latino community without having its arm chopped off by the Republican base.

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