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...goals? Can bell curves save your mortal soul? And can you teach me not to write real slow? Well I know that they'll be grading hard, 'cause I saw my TF in the Yard. I tried plead mercy, but he refused to agree. I'm a procrastinator run amuck, with a broken laptop and coursebooks that suck, and I knew that I was out of luck the day midterms arrived...
...myself quoted in your article on sports wagering, especially since my remarks appeared in a context that might lead some readers to believe I support John McCain's bill that would end legal betting on college sports in Nevada. That legislation is an example of good intentions run amuck and would exacerbate, not alleviate, the very problem it seeks to address. If Senator McCain and the NCAA truly want to control the problem, they should advocate the legalization of sports wagering in all states. Then, as in Nevada today, the process would be carefully regulated, heavily taxed and honestly conducted...
Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III opens shortly after England has lost its American colonies and shows the Establishment gone amuck. The King is mad, the Prince of Wales is scheming to displace his father, the Queen and the Prime Minister are determined to keep him in power and a host of incompetent doctors and parliamentarians wander in and out of the center stage. Politics as usual...
VIRTUAL PEACE OF MIND While your teenage shoppers may be bugging you less for a trip to the mall, are you concerned that they'll run amuck on the Web with your credit card? Fortunately, savings account-linked debit cards designed for teenagers have been sprouting as quickly as virtual vendors. Firms such as PocketCard and Cobaltcard now offer prepaid Visa debit cards. In separate ventures, Visa and M2Card are set to introduce debit cards aimed at teaching prudent online-spending habits. The M2Card will even feature a rewards system for teen cybershoppers that will enable them to accrue bonus...
...have not been investigated to any significant extent that would warrant the claims that are being made,'' says Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Other geriatricians are more blunt. All the hoopla, they say, is merely a case of the placebo effect run amuck: people want their memories to get better, so they do. Give them a sugar pill, and they probably wouldn't know the difference...