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...instead of fart is just one of a multitude of Oskar’s fantasized inventions. Another is a birdseed shirt, so that when wingless humans need to “make a quick escape,” birds, pecking at the seed, can lift the wearer away from danger. A third is an elevator which stays in the same place while the skyscraper it serves moves up and down so that “if you’re on the ninety-fifth floor, and a plane hits below you, the building could take you to the ground...
...fascination with bodily functions is understandable, but why the preoccupation with saving people from mortal danger...
George Orwell does a lot of rolling over in his grave, but this time he may be in danger of rolling out. A new gadget isn’t just smart. It may be telepathic...
...though Holy Cross managed to advance a runner to third one inning later—an accomplishment not matched by Harvard despite four extra-base hits thanks to Marron, who Walsh credited with stifling the Crimson’s progress on the base paths—the danger proved short-lived. Centerfielder Brendan Akashian had advanced to third courtesy of a ground-ball single to left field with two outs, but the man who had put him there, right fielder Steve Buckley, was thrown out while attempting to steal second by freshman reliever Max Warren...
...Chinese, the word for crisis is made up of two characters, one meaning danger, the other meaning opportunity. Social Security’s financial crisis has given us the opportunity to create a better and more secure retirement program. In the end, that is the best reason of all to support individual accounts...