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...know about Hollywood celebrities who get plastic surgery to extend their careers. (You want to see performance enhancement in sports, look courtside at a Lakers game.) But plastic surgery has become positively democratic. Businessmen get nipped and tucked to win promotions; other people, just to look hot. And there are plenty of other ways that we augment nature, medically, technologically and financially. The elderly can extend their sex lives beyond what God and their grandchildren imagined. Kids take expensive prep courses to ace tests that are supposed to measure inborn aptitude. Short but healthy children are given human growth hormone...
...problem is that for most voters, the question they were posed at the polls did not extend much further than “to elect or not elect”—to no fault of their own. Bush did not campaign on any substantive platform. He vowed to “revamp” the tax code and make it simpler and more efficient. He vowed to “finish the job” in Iraq. He vowed to stand for good ol’ American values. But unfortunately none of those things give Bush license...
After the tournament finished, besotted Beiruters attempted to extend the fun by organizing a Holy War of Flipcup: Jews vs. Christians. The Hebrew contingent lost the match by mere seconds, but was buoyed by a raucous rendition of Hava Nagila. On the other side of the table, the victors celebrated with cries of “Jee-zus! Jee-zus!,” igniting a furor not seen since Wal-Mart’s midnight release party for “The Passion of the Christ?...
Emma S. Mackinnon ’05, a long-time PSLM leader, says that the demise of the union means that no one is left to fight for the improvements in conditions that the WBPP promises to extend to workers across the University...
With the Crimson trailing 28-20, Terriers tri-captain Rashad Bell hit two free throws, then cut to the basket on the ensuing possession, caught a pass from guard Bryan Geffen and powered home a monstrous two-hand dunk to extend the lead...