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...Rogers terminology is sexist. As a result, NASA will no longer refer to "manned" flights but will describe the missions as "habitated" and "unhabitated," or "crewed" and "uncrewed." Says a nasa spokesman: "We have been ordered to delete any reference by sex, on the grounds that 'manned' flight is crude and 'crewed' is p.c." Even so, some sociologists are still not satisfied. They prefer "space flight by human beings." Female astronauts find these linguistic aerobics foolish. Says one: "Common sense is the victim of all this rhetoric...
...raving, hysterically nationalistic social deviants in a frenzy." But even black humor bows out as Buford's tale of unrelenting, mindless violence and moronic patriotism unfolds, and the "lad culture" with its bloated code of maleness centered on the Saturday rite of soccer is revealed in all its crude nihilism...
...time the plowman and his instrument were rooted in the American myth, a symbol of hard work, virtue and abundance that fed and freed most other Americans for pursuits beyond the farm. Plows of mounting complexity and size were hooked behind teams of oxen and horses and then to crude steam engines. In 1894 Nebraskan Sterling Morton, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, decreed that the great seal of the Department of Agriculture would no longer have a shock of wheat in the center; it would have a shock of corn -- and a plow...
...determine if a reaction is allergic, Davis and other reputable doctors use a rather crude but effective technique. They combine a careful study of a patient's medical history with tests that involve injecting bits of suspected allergens, each in a different place under the skin, or applying them to scratches on the arm or the back. If a particular area swells, reddens and itches, the patient more often than not is allergic to the substance placed there. Ordinary citizens wondering whether their clogged nasal passages and sneezes are signaling an allergic attack or simply a cold can perform their...
...Children, The Simpsons and (to a lesser degree) Roseanne. All have, at one time or another, been attacked by the family-values police. Married with Children was the chief target of Michigan housewife Terry Rakolta's 1989 campaign to clean up television. Roseanne Arnold has drawn fire for her crude behavior both on and off camera. President Bush told a group of religious broadcasters in January, "We need a nation closer to The Waltons than The Simpsons...