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The Italian Girl

She was American really, but she became a little more Italian after each drink, not in terms of how she talked or acted, but in terms of how she wanted him to see her, and after their third round, he'd told her about how a lot of Iranians liked to think they looked like Italians, and he tried to tell her with the right combination of flirtatiousness and Western beauty standards critique. You don't have to lay your whole heart on the table in order to have a good time, he thought. Anyway there's no time when you lay your whole heart on the table, because that would suggest that you understand the whole thing. It was a very sound conclusion to reach after three gin-and-tonics. She was quiet for a moment and then she said, "I don't like the way they protest against Columbus when we have the Italian Day parade in North Beach.">>>

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ارتباط ایزدبانوان با آب به عنوان مظهر باروری و تولد در کنار گیاه که نماد بر آمدن از خاک و زنده شدن است در اساطیر مورد توجه قرار گرفته است.... >>>

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Get to know Obama and his ideas in Google Q&A with Americans. >>>