Word: blanks
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...tame scientifically? The answer, I suggest, lies not in the stars but in ourselves: our brains have not evolved with the necessary equipment to resolve this mystery. Our brains are good for getting us around and mating successfully, and even for doing some serious physics, but they go blank when they try to understand how they produce the awareness that is our prized essence. The consolation is that we shall always be of intense interest to ourselves, long after quantum theory has become...
...recently questioned Chinese officials about their plan to invest $16 million to develop a natural gas field in Iran. "We've made clear the downsides of investing in Iran," she said. While the secretary hasn't asked China point blank to abandon the plan, she has let Chinese officials know that investing in Iran while it is under U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to stop its suspect nuclear activities is "a financial risk and a reputational risk...
...when he emerged as a compromise pick for prime minister in April. Few had heard of Maliki, and fewer still knew much of anything about him. Maliki was a political figure with no baggage and a faint profile, two traits widely viewed as assets. But for many Iraqis the blank space on Maliki's face has filled in since then with reflections of the country's deepest problems. To look at Maliki now is to see streets shattered by car bombs, parading militia fighters and masked hangmen making basement snuff videos...
...earned a major penalty and a game misconduct for knocking over an unsuspecting Ryan Maki in the left corner of Dartmouth’s zone.The Crimson got on the board at 2:48, when junior winger Jon Pelle fed Taylor at the edge of the crease for a point-blank blast into the left-side netting.Though Harvard did not score again during the major penalty—thanks to several acrobatic saves by Big Green netminder Mike Devine—the Crimson defense limited Dartmouth’s goal-scoring opportunities and prevented the Big Green from equalizing...
...Matthew T. Bosch ’07 on Republican paintball talent: “From a young age, Republicans have experience shooting squirrels and baby kittens.” (“HRC, Dems Debate, Point-Blank...