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From If You Speak Multiple Languages, Do You Need Multiple Therapists? by Andrew Fiouzi
…t “in a culture that emphasizes deference, ta’arof is a verbal dance that circles around respect. … People fight over who pays the bill, seem to refuse payments for a purchase and pretend they don’…t “in a culture that emphasizes deference, ta’arof is a verbal dance that circles around respect. … People fight over who pays the bill, seem to refuse payments for a purchase and pretend they don’t want something to eat when they’re starving.”
From I Went Undercover to a Trump Campaign Debate Party at Round Table Pizza, and I Foresaw the End… by Keith A. Spencer
…wo moments were the only points during the evening that crossed the line from bemusing to horrific. I was reminded of the scene in George Orwell’s 1984, when, under duress and being tortured, Winston finally starts to see four fingers as five.