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...Gladwell sometimes plays fast and loose with his evidence, he's easy to forgive because going fast is so darn fun. It's hard to say what Gladwell is trying to prove with a section on professional food tasters, for instance, but, hey, did you know that food scientists have a 15-point scale for measuring crispiness, on which Quaker's Chewy Chocolate Chunk Granola Bars are a 2 and Kellogg's Corn Flakes a 14? What Gladwell is saying in Blink is often less compelling than the facts he uses to back himself up. Who doesn't know that...
...bluefish are hitting hard out at Boone Island," he said this summer from the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. "The sea is essentially calm--the huge swells making it even more fun than a dead-calm sea. So, me worry? Well, well, let's see, yes, I do worry, darn...
...DAVE MATTHEWS BAND'S eco-anthem Don't Drink the Water must seem like darn good advice to Chicagoans. Illinois is suing the socially conscious jam band and one of its drivers for allegedly discharging "80 to 100 gallons of liquid human waste" from its tour bus onto a boat full of sightseers on the Chicago River. According to the $70,000 suit, the driver violated state environmental laws and doused dozens of tourists, causing some to be hospitalized. "We feel awful for the people who were on the boat," says the band in a statement. "We have worked closely...
...shooting. "Women generally in sport aren't perceived as well as men are," Henry said after her 100-m freestyle win, "and women who get up and do as well as men are great." Gould, the Golden Girl from Munich in 1972, reckons Australia's women swimmers are looking darn good these days: "We've got more ranked in the Top 10 than there has been for quite a number of years," she says, "and part of that is because of excellent coaching education, and coaches willing to experiment and having the room to experiment...
Laverne used to drink milk and Pepsi. I tried it once and it was pretty darn gross. No, it's not! Ever have a Coke float...