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...thing in the subway!" she wrote. "You'll lose it...") and whined at editors while on the railroad whizzing to work. I've read real-time Long Island Expressway traffic updates while sitting in my office 23 floors above the ground--and, after ignoring them, bailed myself out with custom-made driving directions while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. I've looked up local movie listings, browsed synopses of techtrends on Slashdot.org (a website whose motto is "News for Nerds") and snagged up-to-the-minute Yankees scores. The Palm fits comfortably in my shirt pocket, runs...
...clever ads for male oral contraceptives. The ancient Israelites and Romans knew the significance of testicles. The words testify, testimony and testicle all come from the Latin testis, for testicles. When Roman men gave testimony, they held their testicles in their hand, for they regarded them as sacred. This custom is mentioned in the Old Testament. In the King James translation, the passage reads, "And Abraham said: 'unto his eldest servant of his house... Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear...'" In the future when Hollywood makes a biblical or Roman epic...
From the start, the culture gap made DaimlerChrysler's post-marriage period of adjustment more difficult than that of any other merger around. When Stallkamp and two other Chrysler execs named Tom were introduced to their German counterparts, who by custom all use the title Doctor, Stallkamp broke the ice. "Titles are important in America too," he said. "'Tom' is the title you get when you have an M.B.A...
...been saving for a custom van." "She drives a lavender Lexus." "They drive in winnebagoes from the Everglades." "Soccer moms drive minivans." "We'll rent expensive cars." "You're along for the ride." Down Utopia Parkway. And who doesn't want to go there? There, songs are short, sweet, snack-pack panegyrics to travel agents, laser shows, summer and proms. After their self-titled debut album Fountains of Wayne (which featured the radio hit "Radiation Vibe") was hailed as one of 1996's best albums, the winsome songwriting team of Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger returns with a14-track album...
...become a custom during this amazing season, The Crimson's softball team wasted little time in dispatching a far-inferior opponent...