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...reform billto increase funding for child care and permit some ill and disabled immigrants to continue to receive welfare benefits. Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) said her amendment would add $150 million a year to the $1.94 billion for child care, but Democrats called it a drop in the bucket. Quoting former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), paraphrasing former Texas governor Ann Richards said: "You can put lipstick on a sow and call it Monique but it's still...
...have worn off--when asked about burning issues, he tends to say something like, "I think we need to take a good long look at that," or, "I'm hearing a lot of people ask about that." Gingrich is out front, carrying the torch. Dole is carrying the water bucket...
...hours later, I'm down at the local galaxy-class grocery store, in Bulk: a Manhattan of towering Lucite bins filled with steel-cut rolled oats, off- brand Froot Loops, sun-dried tomatoes, prefabricated s'mores, macadamias, French roasts and pignolias, all dispensed into your bag or bucket with a jerk at the handy Plexiglas guillotine. Not a human being in sight, just robot restocking machines trundling back and forth on a grid of overhead catwalks and surveillance cameras hidden in smoked-glass hemispheres. I stroll through the gleaming Lucite wonderland holding a perfect 6-in. cube improvised from duct...
Have these individuals fallen prey to charminggimmicks and the appeal of efficiency, losingsight of the true gastronomic splendor of thedessert experience? What about the honest,rewarding work that goes into carving rock-solidice cream out of a bucket with a sticky scooper?If this seems hyperbolic, observe one student'ssuggestion that "Currier House should be renamed'Fro-Yo House,'" Casual joke or flagrant idolatry?The same student calls the process of servingfro-yo a "creative outlet; you get a chance tosculpt and relax at the end of your meal time."The simple act of trying to get a serpentine ropeof...
...mathematician takes note of the blaze, runs into the hallway, finds the cleaning closet, checks that the faucet is operating and the bucket is intact, runs back to the room to re-examine the fire, then says proudly, "Aha! A solution exists...