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Academic Ben Jackson of Oxford University, author of a study on Scottish independence, observes that this shift provided “a new understanding of democratic self-government that was highly consequential for Scottish nationalism”.
Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23870983.exploring-snps-history-looking-future/?ref=rss
After a series of strange happenings—blackouts, agitated horses, pained noises emanating from the canyons—OJ observes what appears to be a flying saucer gliding through the inky night sky.
Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/on-demand/the-best-movies-on-demand-2017/
A loose plot structure finds a pair of unnamed couples—one older, one younger—dealing with marital discord and strife, while an omniscient commentator observes their behavior.
Source: https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-essential-aande-picks-for-mar-2-8/Content?oid=19621535
Although not proven, it is implied in the movie that Elvis engages in several affairs, and there is a scene where Priscilla observes him being uncomfortably close with his costar Ann Margaret in a newspaper.
Source: https://seattlespectator.com/2023/11/08/priscilla-movie-review-spoilers/
And it observes support for Brexit is now at its lowest since 2016, with only 32% of voters agreeing in the latest poll that leaving the EU was the right thing to do.
Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23279612.brexit-lack-hope-politicians-people-wake/?ref=rss
Anything that deepens Palestinian resentment and despair is not, Makovsky observes, a purely internal Israeli matter.
Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/30/is-israels-democracy-americas-problem/
As for who observes the haunting, who may or may not have done something about it and is now facing the consequences… well, you will just have to read the book to find out.
Source: https://mountevelyn.mailcommunity.com.au/opinion/2023-02-11/book-review-subtle-short-horror-stories/
As her pencil moves, Evie observes her subject closely.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/books/novellas/the-bicycle-accident-joyce-carol-oates
As the author observes: “Agriculture may not have been impossible before the Holocene, but it suited conditions perfectly after its onset.”
As Violet observes, losing time to see her mother one last time wasn't worth it, because the loss still hurts 15 years later, and always will.
Because prosecutors “wield awesome power that can ruin someone’s life,” Katcher observes, “it’s kind of terrifying for a junior prosecutor.
Source: https://www.fcnp.com/2023/02/23/a-spirited-commonwealth-attorney-race-for-falls-church/
“But Jesus,” Pope Francis observes, “goes further and answers him: ‘I do not say to you up to seven, but up to seventy times seven.'
Source: https://catholicoutlook.org/pope-at-angelus-god-forgives-us-incalculably/
Carrying the burden of his past with him, Rourke observes a strange bank robbery with his team, which later seems to have mysterious connections with his daughter's disappearance.
Source: https://screenrant.com/hypnotic-2023-cast-character-guide/
Deshmukh observes that voters continue to trust Modi’s efforts despite the presence of unfavorable news.
Source: https://www.weeklyblitz.net/featured/narendra-modi-expected-to-defeat-india-in-2024/
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University, observes that the word “happiness” is etymologically linked to words such as “happenstance,” “haphazard,” or even “mishap,” suggesting happiness is random, a roll of the dice.
Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/362490/can-mindfulness-make-us-happier/
Even in today’s age, this aspect remains present within our society, despite our collective efforts to progress beyond it,” he observes.
For their part, Black workers “were inclined to welcome long-lost kin among any southern newcomers,” Jones observes, “but they feared that even more rivals for Black jobs would depress already starvation-level wages.”
"Freight adds much to the congestion that slows passage" on the passenger rail line to Sydney, the editorial rightly observes ("No end in the long wait for short trips" Opinion, 31/5).
He now castigates the Biden administration for being insufficiently tough with Beijing, but observes that Trump’s tariffs against China have been maintained.
In his ‘Unpopular Essays,’ Russel observes that, “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”
Source: https://punchng.com/the-truth-seun-kuti-told-p-square-about-peter-obi/