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What was the most notorious use of the word on TV when it's either been blurted out or said intentionally? Kenneth Tynan used it in England in a 1965 interview on a BBC talk show, and that was a tremendously prominent thing. The newspapers were outraged. He was then the director of the National Theatre. The BBC was forced to apologize, politicians attempted not only to remove Tynan from his post but to remove the head of the BBC because of it, to prosecute him for using obscene words. In America, it's been used a number of times...
...vaccine produced a strong antibody response in 38% of the 55 people who received all five doses. When antibody levels were highest - during weeks 9 through 16 of the trial - these participants used significantly less cocaine (as measured by urine samples taken three times a week) than either the placebo group or those who did not produce sufficient antibodies. Overall, cocaine use was reduced by at least half in 53% of the people who produced a strong antibody response, compared with 23% of those who had a weaker antibody response. That's far from abstinence, although reduction in drug...
...counterproductive. Students will now lose sleep over how to express themselves in three 200-word segments—in addition to fretting over crafting the perfect 500-word statement still required of other schools. College consultants who used to help write 500 word personal statements will not disappear either, but rather quickly shift their assistance to the short essays...
...every step of the way. But Alexander, who had journeyed through the most dangerous part, hadn't lost a single soldier. "How is that possible?" asked the battered general. "Easy," replied Alexander. "The chief of the Afghan tribes stopped us and said, 'If you want to cross the mountains, either you pay us in gold or we fight.' So I paid," he said with a shrug...
Thompson said she is “always fielding inquiries” from researchers looking for a piece that a certain author published in the Review before hitting it big on the literary circuit. “Until now, I would either send them old copies or scan them. Now I can just say, go to JSTOR...