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People are taking a second look at Compton or rethinking what they believed to be true. Even the rap stars who helped established Compton's reputation worldwide are older now, and even their images have evolved.
Aja Brown
People
Be True
Reputation
Older
Stars
Worldwide
Rap
Evolved
Taking
True
Look
Established
Who
Helped
Even
Now
Believed
Second
Images
Children in urban communities suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome in higher proportions than veterans, and they need therapeutic outlets, which arts and drama has proven to provide.
Aja Brown
Veterans
Stress
Drama
Syndrome
Outlets
Higher
Proportions
Proven
Provide
Than
Arts
Children
Which
Urban
Communities
Therapeutic
Suffer
Need
It's all about making sure kids can have access to educational opportunities... you may not need a necessarily traditional college environment, but access to trades and employment development.
Aja Brown
You
Opportunities
College
Kids
About
Environment
Development
Employment
Sure
Access
Making
Trades
Traditional
Educational
Educational Opportunities
May
Necessarily
Need
We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Religion
Respect
Problems
Jews
No Problems
Highly
Judaism
Holy
There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
World
Doubt
We Cannot
No Doubt
Superpower
America
Cannot
Them
Ignore
I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Wait
Insecurity
Gone
Think
Complaint
Significant
Outcome
See
Counting
Well
Although
Been
Ballots
Iraq
Far
Much
Elections
The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Good
Freedom
People
Matter
Important
Want
Them
Us
Choose
We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Memories
People
States
Bad
Any
United
United States
If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Government
Problems
States
Always
Any
United
United States
We don't have a major problem right now in our country, and life is normal. Things like unemployment, which the youth are suffering from, and the rate of inflation - these are chronic conditions and we have to solve them.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Life
Youth
Suffering
Problem
Inflation
Country
Chronic
Our
Solve
Rate
Major
Like
Major Problem
Normal
Conditions
Normal Things
Unemployment
Which
Them
Now
Right
Things
We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Trust
Goodwill
Ties
Cut
We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Problem
Treat
Revolution
Active
Relaxed
Mood
Embassy
Badly
Iran
Left
American
Did
Any
After
Them
Here
Started
Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Today
Time
Example
Other
Ways
Possibilities
Charge
Various
Particular
Goodwill
Because
Present
Raised
Position
When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Run
Charged
Some
Crossing
Through
Arrested
Were
Iran
Imprisoned
Afghanistan
Them
Actions
Al-Qaeda
I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
People
Sole
Further
Would
Would-Be
No Idea
Only
Idea
Know
Reaction
Leave
Iraq
Iraqi
Iraqi People
Option
The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides - Zarqawi and also the American troops at times. The Zarqawi groups uses car bombs, the Americans use other bombs. You also know what they do in the prisons.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
You
People
Problem
Car
Other
Sides
Atrocities
Both
Facing
Troops
Both Sides
Know
Also
Prisons
Iraqi
Iraqi People
Times
American
Use
American Troops
Uses
Groups
Bombs
Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preach
Own
Others
Elsewhere
Responsibilities
High
Moral
Wrong
Institution
Authorities
American
Department
Done
Act
Stand
Actions
Even
Each
Compare
Platform
Guantanamo
Basis
Now the fact that terrorists throughout the world see this as an opportunity to defeat the United States, we have to be - and every Democratic candidate, even those who opposed us going in, now say we just simply can't cut and run.
Al D'Amato
World
Opportunity
Defeat
Every
Say
States
Those
Run
See
Fact
Throughout
Simply
Democratic
Terrorists
Opposed
Going
Candidate
Just
Cut
Us
Who
Even
Now
United
United States
The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.
Al D'Amato
People
Kind
See
Fact
Recovery
Economy
Understand
Really
It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
Al Franken
Nature
You
Power
Splendor
Almighty
Then
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
Al Franken
Work
Innovation
Political
Internet
Field
Our
Corporations
Find
Ability
Only
Small
Small Businesses
Powerful
Economy
Reach
Audience
Discourse
Source
Truly
Same
Customers
Should
Conglomerate
Engine
Forum
Businesses
Media
Level
Level Playing Field
Playing
Playing Field
My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
Al Franken
Beautiful
God
Nature
Me
About
Something
Magnificent
Had
He
Come
Him
Behind
Which
Views
Included
Dad
Believed
Humankind
The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.
Al Franken
Government
Freedom
You
Privacy
Rights
Evil
Google
Our
Valley
Corporations
Pledge
Sector
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Individual
Over
Institutions
Protect
Built
Private
Years
Campaign
Private Sector
Up
Amendment
Information
Breaks
Act
Apply
Fourth
Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
Al Franken
Money
Three
First
Enough
Everybody
Ran
Ourselves
Out
Pretty
About
Guy
Weeks
Foot
Had
Had Enough
He
Misled
Without
Said
How
Making
Yeah
How Much
Making Money
Go
Years
Capital
Much
Shot
Who
Right
Gate
Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
Al Franken
Competition
Law
Other
About
Protecting
Itself
Antitrust
Behalf
Public
Businesses
Each
Competing
If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want. You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
Al Franken
You
Change
Secret
Everything
Definitely
Someone
Touch
Fingerprints
Ten
Only
Leave
Times
Want
Them
Your
Many
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