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...take a final exam without having attended any of the classes. These are nasty but tolerable, given the alternative. An author's worst dream is to be accused of plagiarism, of stealing ideas and language from someone else and parading them as original. This charge is a lightning bolt to the bole of a writer's reason for being -- the task of adding to, as opposed to filching from, the sum total of human wisdom, knowledge or expressiveness. It has the additional disadvantage of being monstrously hard to refute, even when it is false...
...Kanemaru scandal has shaken the Liberal Democratic Party as none before. Some popular younger figures are threatening to bolt and form a new party; last week Tsutomu Hata even rejected an offer to become Foreign Minister in order to maintain his freedom of action. Some analysts think a new party might win as many as 40 seats in Diet elections that must be held by next February, possibly costing the Liberal Democrats their majority...
...Hubble was designed to be serviced in orbit. Before it was launched, more than 16,000 photographs were taken of every square inch of the spacecraft to ensure that astronauts wouldn't be surprised once they started working. Handrails, footholds and handholds were strategically placed around Hubble, and every bolt was made the same size so that spacewalking mechanics wouldn't have to handle extra tools...
Strobe had crossed over to the other side after 22 years as a journalist, and part of him still could not believe he had made the journey. "This is a bolt out of the blue," he said. "I never expected to be in government, never aspired to be in government. It's a classic example of an offer I could not refuse...
...group of first-years have their way on election day, President Neil L. Rudenstine will bolt from Mass. Hall to the White House come January...