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...this, that it went well. And thank you for your concern. Now, where was I? Oh, yes, brain surgery. Thinking I would give self-deception one more shot, I tried to convince myself that dbs isn't really brain surgery. They don't crack open your skull; they just drill a couple of small holes to put the wires through. Tiny holes. Itsy-bitsy holes. Teensy-weensy little holes. The propaganda they give you when you sign up for the operation describes the holes as "dime-sized." That took me aback. The dime, there's no denying, is a seriously...
...brain snobs, and we are all-those of us over 20 or so-losing brain cells. But if you're walking around with wires in your head and batteries flanking your chest, every senior moment when you can't remember the term for, you know, when they drill holes in your skull-right, brain surgery-is ... is ... is ... well, it's going to seem significant to others...
Today, Harvard students participating in ROTC drill at MIT with funding from anonymous alumni, but Summers has worked to forge closer ties...
...under such silent lands as these that the boundless riches lie, awaiting the power shovel and the drill. Energy developers first began arriving in droves in 1973, when OPEC hiked its prices fourfold and jolted the nation's oil and gas companies into searching for additional supplies. Jimmy Carter gave the developers a big assist in 1979 when he announced his intention to tap the region's energy supplies by setting up an Energy Mobilization Board to speed up the building of refineries, pipelines, coal mines and synthetic fuel plants. He also proposed an Energy Security Corporation to funnel public...
Text-only classifieds render little of the feel of a home or its surroundings, but Trulia.com a new tool for buyers, brings fresh color to your search. Combining Google maps and listings from some 50,000 real estate sites, Trulia enables you to pick a city and drill down to a neighborhood, style of home and price range that appeal to you. You get pictures and contact info for following up. Still in beta, the site will go nationwide within months. A worthy alternative: Propsmart.com...