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...though, isn’t an element in Jay’s performance. He proceeds instead with a self-assuredness that is not arrogant but rather appealing, even comforting. And he backs up that confidence with tremendous skill in manipulating a deck of playing cards. At one point, having dealt an audience member two pair, he asks what card he might like drawn next from the deck. The audience member, already wowed by Jay’s abilities and sure a full house is coming, shrugs and tells Jay that whichever of the already paired cards he had planned...
...combine this public desire with the industry’s newfound quick-response ethic. The result? The “instant book”—a cheap and profitable species of paperback. Furthermore, publishers pounced on so-called “hot-button” books, which dealt with the sensational, the “exclusive,” the controversial and often, the lurid side of the popular issues...
...stolen election” books in early 2001, up the best-seller lists. That such books tended to slip quickly from the public’s radar was hardly reason for concern. Presumably, there would be another event coming along soon enough, one that could be dealt with in an identical marketing fashion. The market would be continuously supplied with new firepower, and the bestsellers would peacefully bequeath their crowns...
While the HAZMAT team dealt with cleaning the area, HUPD officers sealed off both the courtyard’s main gate and the doors leading to the D and G entryways that open onto the courtyard...
Even with sufficient funds, practical difficulties—including severe space constraints—check GSE’s growth and will need to be dealt with by the new dean, faculty...