{"id":217,"date":"2009-10-26T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T06:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cuppagemma.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2019-01-06T18:46:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T07:46:04","slug":"economic-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cuppagemma.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Economic Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG \/> <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false<\/w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting \/> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables \/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx \/> <w:UseFELayout \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"276\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\ntable.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0in;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There is the moment of the inhale.<span> <\/span>Slowly and carefully, containing anger, maintaining poise. 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There is the long and somewhat annoyed inhale.<span> <\/span>Like zippering a make up bag; having been applied, bafflement and annoyance will be hidden from view.<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bumbling performance is key.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhat?\u201d says the daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Silence. The next to speak is likely to smear the polish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">These are debates of the eyes.<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Language is for arguing with men, not about them.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is the moment of the inhale. Slowly and carefully, containing anger, maintaining poise. There is the brief, but studied exhale. Composure, before disclosure. Then a pause. Dramatic timing, build that tension. 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