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...those foldout bunnies represented something of the same diversion that we see in the diversionary journalistic spectacles of the last ten years. The real purpose of sex is not to put a grin on Hefner's goofy face, but to accomplish the relentless ongoing business of genetic reproduction. And, one suspects, the real story of what's going on in America has nothing to do with Skeletor and the missing intern...
...away from health care to tell his audience that "the issue I am wrestling with is stem cells." Dr. Stan Pelofsky, president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, says he told Bush that "the genie was out of the bottle" and that federally funded research with oversight would accomplish the best of both worlds. "You would perhaps get spectacular benefits down the road," he said, "and you would also have governmental oversight." But again Bush gave no indication of which way he was leaning...
...long story short, what happened is that our former communist elite had transferred their unmitigated political might into very personal economic and financial might. In order to accomplish that, they had to throw certain bones to the people. But then they set about converting that economic power back into political power, at the same time withdrawing some of those bones they had thrown. And the people are too exhausted to resist...
...There never was any real design, or intention to accomplish this mission," Chernov told TIME. It was Chernov who publicly insisted that the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office (CMPO) should forbid severing the bow from the dead submarine, as the cut would go through the hole in the hull caused by explosion, destroying forensic evidence that may point to the cause of the deadly accident. So far, the CMPO had kept mum. However, Novye Izvestiya, a well-informed Moscow- based daily, reported Thursday that the CMPO did indeed rule out cutting off the nose section. The CMPO would not confirm...
...incentives. That way, everyone?s happy: The voters, who?ve gained a dollar/a soda/a houseguest; the politicians, who enjoy a newfound rush of popularity; and, of course, the ever-present spirit of our founding fathers, who will look down on us and smile at what we?ve managed to accomplish...