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Why, oh why, doesn't he stick to preaching the Gospel, instead of meddling in civic affairs, politics, economics, and social issues that are no concern of the Church ''??
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Although, much less common now, the show has over the decades featured many a letter beginning " Why, oh why, oh why ..." and signed " Upset of Uxbridge " or " Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells ", or something similar ( these days, most, if not all, simply use their real names ), with the complaints receiving little but a pre-packaged witty comment from the presenter.
They gained notoriety for the track " Sad Affair ," which protested against the presence of British troops in Northern Ireland ; the track was banned by the BBC and most other UK radio stations for featuring lyrics such as " A six-county state is a bastard state / Why oh why can't we all integrate ".
Why and why
“ That account is put forward to answer an extremely perplexing question in the history of philosophy: Why did Berkeley embrace idealism, i. e., why did he hold that esse est percipi, that to be is to be perceived?
Why look now, the cause too of the obscurity hath produced us again another question: namely, why did they then happen, and now do so no more?
This is why the disciples ask Jesus in Matthew 17: 10, ' Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come ?.
Unification Church official Michael Jenkins ( who later became president of the Unification Church of the United States ) commented in 1989 on his views of why the Unification Church was shifting its public stance regarding use of the word: " Why, after so many years, should we now be taking such a stand to eliminate the term ' Moonie?
" He is also often asked why he writes such terrifying stories and he answers with another question: " Why do you assume I have a choice?
At an after-ballet party, arranged by her aunt as a surreptitious audition, she meets Boris Lermontov ( Anton Walbrook ), the ruthless but charismatic impresario of the Ballet Lermontov, who questions her: Lermontov: Why do you want to dance? Vicky: Why do you want to live? Lermontov: Well, I don't know exactly why, but ...
Due to the winter conditions, a phrase spread within the USAF regarding why people would not wish to be stationed there: " Why not Minot?
When I asked why, he replied, ' Why should the FBI help to capture bin Laden if the bureau won't get credit among Americans for his arrest and conviction '?
* Why did the majority of the Jewish world reject Jesus as the Messiah, and why did the first Christians accept Jesus as the Messiah?
The MPAA's presumed treatment of this film based on the depiction of sexuality – especially in comparison to its much more accepting standards regarding violence – prompted critic Roger Ebert to question why movie industry professionals were not outraged: " Why do serious film people not rise up in rage and tear down the rating system that infantilizes their work?
" When asked why identifying and outing of individuals by publications like the Blade, staff writer Greg Marzullo wrote " Why do insist on mentioning someone's sexual orientation at all?
When Coffman was asked why she allowed such a low life to hang out at her establishment, she responded, " Why that is King C. Gillette.
When asked why the tune should be used like this, William Booth is said to have replied, Why should the devil have all the good tunes ?.
Chris, watching Kim sleep, asks God why he met her just as he was about to leave Vietnam (" Why God Why ?").
" King went on to criticize the publisher for its choice of a bland title and cover design, asking, " Why, why, why would a company publish a book this good and then practically demand that people not read it?
Why and doesn't
The question that always comes up within the Korean community is, ' Why would a Japanese culture that doesn't have Korean ceramic ability or horses yet have horse sculptures in their tombs?
He debates taking her " under his wing " because he doesn't know much about children, but decides he loves her and gives her the locket (" Why Should I Change A Thing ?").
When asked about why Japanese car dealerships did not sell American cars, he answered, " Why doesn't IBM sell Fujitsu computers?
" Why don't we do a show ," Oppenheimer suggested, " about a middle-class working stiff who works very hard at his job as a bandleader, and likes nothing better than to come home at night and relax with his wife, who doesn't like staying home and is dying to get into show business herself?
Why should I reward someone who doesn't like the president, so they can use funds to try to campaign against the President?
" It explained the rationale behind free circulation and the paper ’ s unconventional editorial philosophy: " Why doesn't the Reader print news?
Supposedly, when the Inca was presented with the Book he shook it close to his ear and asked " Why doesn't it speak to me?
Mencken eventually asked " Why doesn't some painstaking pundit attempt a grammar of the American language ... English, that is, as spoken by the great masses of the plain people of this fair land?
For example, in the essay Why the future doesn't need us, computer scientist Bill Joy argued that human beings are likely to guarantee their own extinction through transhumanism.
While shows like Route 66 had employed the same anthology-like premise of wanderers finding adventure in each new place they came to, The Fugitive answered two questions that had bedeviled many similar series: " Why doesn't the protagonist settle down somewhere?
The bridge in both songs is almost identical: " Lord, won't you tell me / Why I love that woman so ?/ She doesn't want me / But I'll never let her go ".
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