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...things tinier and tinier. We’re hoping future minis will follow the trend of Moore’s Law, halving in size every year until finally they’re no larger than a microchip. Once this is achieved, the Lampoon will be able to make the claim that they’ve gone “digital,” at least from my understanding of computers. There have been no Lampoon minis in the past. In fact, in the ’40s publishing technology was so poor one Lampoon issue would take up entire warehouses...
...doubt it. In the video, lead singer Joel Madden looks like he wandered onto the set fresh off a hard day’s work on Wall Street and started singing without even removing his coat. Despite Joel doing his diabolical best with the painful vocal processing to claim the title, Benji, with his tattoos and piercings, is clearly the evil twin. As the video cuts between their two faces, it takes quite some time to realize that they are in fact two separate band members and not just Joel and his doppelgänger. I don?...
...says Polk. This induced confusion about colleges’ expectations and, when coupled with larger applicant pools and overworked guidance counselors, left students and parents bewildered about the application process, across the spectrum.A new breed stepped in to fill the void. College consultants, many with admissions committee experience, claim to clarify it.Keith A. Berman, a doctoral student who is researching the effect of the new SAT on elite college admissions at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, told the Columbia Spectator in April that a full 25 percent of applicants to selective schools seek help beyond their high school counselors.Despite...
...With momentum at their backs, Democrats were set to claim a gain of between 20 and 35 seats, well beyond the 15 they needed to take control. That in turn will give Pelosi a mandate for change to launch the kind of tough anti-G.O.P. agenda the White House and their Republican allies on the Hill had feared. "The campaign is over," Pelosi shouted on Election Night, grinning with confidence in front of hundreds of roaring supporters blocks from the Capitol in Washington D.C. "Democrats are ready to lead!" A hoarse Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional...
...also entertains matters that haven't come up through the lower courts but in which, according to the Supreme Court's own website, the "interest of the public at large is involved." PIL cases were encouraged from the 1980s as a way of empowering marginalized Indians to claim their rights. But so many people took up that call that the Court is now jammed with time-consuming and sometimes frivolous petitions...