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...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is best. But not for the reasons he suggests—that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely “accepted;” we aren’t here to accept or reject—we’re here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course—and we all like...
...between the two nations, which have had no official relations since the hostage crisis. In 2002, President Bush, alarmed by Iran's nuclear ambitions, included the country in his "axis of evil" formulation. But Iran has supported postwar peace in Afghanistan and Iraq and recently agreed to accept surprise nuclear inspections. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Washington Post last week that the U.S. was now open to "the possibility of dialogue" with Tehran...
...meantime, if you need to lose weight, the sooner you accept that stimulants are not the answer, the better off you'll be. A good diet and plenty of exercise will do more to improve your health than just about any dietary supplement--FDA approved...
...have the imagination to understand how monumental the difficulties of even maintaining, much less improving, one of the world’s greatest libraries must be; I sympathize with whoever holds this responsibility,” Womack wrote in his letter. “But I will not silently accept that the world’s richest university should spend so much on making money and spending it on real estate and physical structures, while it cuts its services for teaching and research...
...need a trial so people will understand this is a thing that the state can't accept...