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Until last year, it was illegal to require anyone in a New York City high rise to evacuate in a drill. That is absurd, of course. Under regulations being debated, building managers will probably have to run full or partial evacuation drills every two years so most people in those buildings will have entered their stairwells at least once. Some people may even descend to the bottom, and they will never forget how long it takes. The disabled will figure out how much assistance they need. The obese will see that they slow down the whole evacuation as they struggle...
...offset, for example, by a reduction in taxes on income and/or capital. We could institute a purchase tax on gas-guzzlers offset by a subsidy for fuel-efficient vehicles. Again, political will is lacking. Will it take another oil crisis to prompt action? The solution is not to drill in Alaska—at best this would be a temporary band-aid—but to reduce our consumption of oil, foreign and domestic...
...sequins and top hat, through some vigorous choreography set to Puttin ' on the Ritz, while an emcee, in her best beauty-pageant voice, announces, "Andrea is five years old, and she's looking forward--[pause]--to entering kindergarten." A little later, Carol, leader of the Mira Costa drill team, starts gnawing at the half-inch nails on each of her eight ringed fingers. "I'm so nervous my stomach hurts," she confides. "But if you become nervous," she tells her charges between hugs, "I'll shoot...
...addition to enduring military training, parade drill and required athletics, cadets carry a heavier than normal college course load that is long on engineering and math. Sleep, not surprisingly, is regarded as a luxury. To stay awake in class, cadets who begin dozing off in their seats are permitted to stand up by their desks. After lunch, entire classes are sometimes on their feet by the final bell...
...orange gob, slid down the cobalt sky, and the field lights came on. Slab-sided referees took their positions. The combatants appeared, 17-year-old Texans big around as the bole of a sequoia born when the local mail came by Pony Express. The Midland band played Dixie. Young drill teams strutted: the dancers had the tendony legs of Appaloosas--and orthodontia that cost the earth. A student gave the prayer over the loudspeaker: "Thanks for getting us here O.K., Lord, and I just pray you let the boys play without any harm to anyone, and I just pray everyone...