As someone who grew up in a home without books, no spare cash to buy them and no tradition of reading bedtime stories, my local library offered something unique and indispensable.
But if we just accept this shift, we're giving up on one of the great ideas of Western civilization: the celebration of lifelong heterosexual monogamy as a unique and indispensable estate.
Gary Mongiovi New York, Aug. 9, 2010 To the Editor: Ross Douthat's defense of straight monogamous marriage as a "unique and indispensable estate" that is "worth striving to preserve" misses the point.
The official emphasized that Obama never envisioned ending the CIA's involvement in tracking terrorists, saying that "the U.S. military and the intelligence community both play unique and indispensable roles".
JoAn E. Chace Palo Alto, Calif., Aug. 9, 2010 To the Editor: Ross Douthat claims that "one of the great ideas of Western civilization" is "the celebration of lifelong heterosexual monogamy as a unique and indispensable estate".
The basic virtue of "Hidden Figures" (which opens on December 25th), and it's a formidable one, is to proclaim with a clarion vibrancy that, were it not for the devoted, unique, and indispensable efforts of three black women scientists, the United States might not have successfully sent people into space or to the moon and back.
But if the Stories content assists with discovering and vetting job candidates, it could make LinkedIn more unique and indispensable to recruiters who do pay for premium access.
To foster the "unique and indispensable scientific collaboration" he foresees, the hubs "must be backed by a meaningful and sustained investment," Chu said.
Private companies like Unilever have a unique and indispensable role to play in promoting public health.
Over the last decade, the Global Fund has played a unique and indispensable role in responding to the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs in EECA.
