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...reconnect yourself to the world, disconnect...
...events of world-class exaggeration, the tongue likes to disconnect itself from the past and race off obviously astride any passing enthusiasm, like toad of toad hall. A modest example occured during the trial of Elvis Presley's doctor in memphis a few weeks ago; Elvis was fervently described as a musical genius." genius is one of the choice words of breathlessness; if presley was a musical genius what are we to say to Bethevon ? last week a reviewer in the New York Times wrote that "the fecundity of the beatles is a phenomenon unmatched in the history...
...broom handle. Knowing that any sudden movement of the fence would set off an electric alarm, he propped the ladder near a gatepost for added support. He shinnied up and, with his hand as steady as a surgeon's, used his broom-handle-toothbrush apparatus to disconnect the alarm system. Then he cut through some strands of barbed wire. With a final leap, Christopher Boyce, 26, a spy convicted in one of the most important espionage cases in the past decade, disappeared into the night...
...April 15, 1975, a 21-year-old woman stopped breathing after taking pills and drinking a large quantity of alcohol. She was revived but suffered severe brain damage. Her breathing was assisted by a respirator. Her prospects for survival were bleak, and her father asked the doctor to disconnect the respirator and allow her to die with dignity...
...high mobility of the U.S. population is a double source of frustration to cable operators. About 2% of cable subscribers disconnect from the service every month; most are people who move and have to be wooed to cable all over again in their new homes. Also, someone moving into the house or apartment of a person who had cable service finds it a relatively simple matter to hook up the wires again and watch cable TV for free; only the most elementary knowledge of electronics is required. The National Cable Television Association estimates that, besides the 14.5 million paid...