Gingrich made him slightly sick to his stomach.


Contemplating dozens of dreary appearances at political rallies in early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire, Gingrich told reporters that he could already feel his soul "dying a little inside" every time he thought of going out there and delivering overly rehearsed speeches about the burden on American taxpayers, Obamacare, and his national security qualifications.

Gingrich also claimed he was dreading the inevitable prospect of Newt Gingrich launching pointed yet patently unfair attacks on Obama's lack of clear leadership in the economic crisis, while simultaneously having to repeat some stupid campaign slogan like "Taking Back America's Future" over and over until he was completely sick of "everything coming out of Newt Gingrich's fat face."


"Oh, God, I don't even want tooften, women are being forced to chose between a family and a career.

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It’s a superficial game played by both teams. All too often, there is no conflict between the influence of family and the pursuit of matrimonial wealth, as the criteria for marriage on all fronts is the bottom line.

Like most things in modern China, marriage is complex: it’s a combination of tradition and modernity, outside and indigenous influence, intensified by a voracious pursuit of wealth. This is a society where the wheels of tradition have not yet been ground down to a halt by modernization/ globalized culture. Rather, the two forces are both running at high speed, grinding up the country’s youth in the middle,