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Those who have already been immunized have a good chance of avoiding this year's ailment. Those who are afflicted are advised to seek prompt treatment, which includes bed rest and copious quantities of fluids...
NIXON WAS ALWAYS conscious of his moments in history, almost as if he imagined Frank Friedel taking copious notes in the wings while he made his speeches and toured around the world, promising "a generation of peace." It's only right that his moment in history' should be his resignation speech, and CMS records has made that phrase the title for its recording. Again the speech is just another example of Nixon's beat-around-the-bush style. But more than that, it evokes the same frustrations: Nixon didn't resign, he simply didn't "have a strong enough political...
...Bufo, a South American native, was drafted into Queensland service by way of Hawaii in 1935 to help get rid of the cane beetle that was threatening the sugar fields. The Aussies got more than they hoped for. Supplementing its diet with varied and copious helpings of other insects and frogs, the cane toad may live for 40 years, grow to be eight inches long and three pounds in weight, produce up to 40,000 eggs a year, kill cats and dogs with a glandular poison it secretes, and upset the natural balance of some areas...
...basement of the Garage (how's that for directions?), has taken an unfortunate turn for the worse, though. Back in the Good Old Days (about a month ago) the place offered a very cheap beer and weak mixed drinks (45 and 75 cents respectively) and free salted peanuts in copious quantities. Since then, they have jacked up the prices, discontinued the peanuts, and added free music. Since my fondest memories of the place involve hearing drunken friends recite "The boy stood on the burning deck, eating peanuts by the peck. . .," I don't like any of the changes...
...better approached the facts. Malcolm Cowley, the critic most responsible for Faulkner's reputation, would have had Blotner use synecdoche--the detailing of a minor incident as an illustration of a larger idea. But rather than use synecdoche, psychology or any other method, Blotner includes trivial facts whenever his copious research uncovers them...