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Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., accompanied by an entourage of almost 20 supporters and one reporter, Dewitz swiped for the hundredth time (and 101st, just for kicks). Though the machine did not explode, it did emit a congratulatory beep. Meanwhile, as supporters chanted “Swipe! Swipe!” over and over, the Kirkland House swiper folded her arms...
...happy family," Camp Director Bobbi Zeno tells her flock in a keynote address. The girls emit a Babel of cheers. With that, U.S.A.'s handpicked cheerleader leaders--six Chippendaley boys and ten short-skirted girls--flapjack into view. The assembly lets out a Menudo-worthy squeal. "Hey," shouts one instructor. "If ever you feel the urge to shout or scream, remember: You're in cheer-leader camp. Go for it!" The congregation roars...
...there's a franchise asimmerin' around Catman! Or maybe Thunderbaby. When I cry, I will emit thunder and lighting. I'll be swaddled in a diaper the entire shoot...
...growth just can't last forever. "We got in a little late," admits Koteshwar, who with his wife Sheila also holds seminars and publishes a newsletter on stock investing. But police departments from Kansas City, Mo., to San Jose, Calif., were placing large orders for Taser's weapons, which emit a 50,000-volt electrical shock and can immobilize a person for as long as two minutes, and Koteshwar decided that the "young, small, growth company" was worth the risk...
...course, the cost of having an intellectually-engaged president is that occasionally he will emit ideas that are politically offensive or, in some cases, just plain wrong. After all, as Karl Popper taught us, providing refutable hypotheses is at the very core of scientific progress. I would hesitate to count the number of incorrect hypotheses that I come up with in the course of a year. Luckily, I have colleagues and students who point out my errors. If we are to have a scholar-president, we must treat his false hypotheses in the same way that we treat the false...