Word: air
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...many people, this is just hot air. "We have the luxury of flushing the toilet and just seeing it disappear," says George. The industry is stalled not only by that convenience, but by taboo. "People are uncomfortable talking about their own waste." It may have been quite some time since relating the adventures of your most recent bowel movement has constituted acceptable fodder for conversation, but nevertheless, says George, our 'bodily products' have to come back into the conversation somehow, if we are ever going to flush away the flush...
...appearances may be deceiving, for Columbia isn’t coming to Cambridge without weapons of its own. Last week, Olawale showed signs of brilliance with his arm and legs, going 13-for-18 through the air for 109 yards and the one interception. He also rushed 12 times for 86 yards, including a 44-yard dash that set up a Columbia field goal and gave the Lions their only lead of the game...
...Five, four, three, two, one,” they chanted, and then the room erupted. Scores of people raised their hands to their faces or jumped into the air. Barack Obama would be the first black president of the United States...
...Obama was leading McCain in any state. Around 11 p.m., CNN announced the news every viewing party had been waiting for: Obama had been elected the 44th president of the United States. The IOP crowd erupted into cheers and hugs, and people hoisted the Obama cut-out into the air and passed it around. Festivities spilled out into the Yard, where students congregated around the John Harvard statue. After a brass band played the National Anthem, the crowd broke out into impromptu chants...
...politician, whose livelihood depends on winning hearts. The more remarkable thing, we both felt, was that this sparkling stranger was so much like the kind of people we meet in Paris, in Hong Kong, in the Middle East: difficult to place and connected to everywhere. Like the air of his home island (not really Eastern or Western, but a vibrant mingling of the two), he spoke for the dawning global melting pot of today. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...