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Gage: We're getting a little mixed up with character and temperament. They're really hard to distinguish, but I think there is a way in which what Clinton seemed to lack was ... a personal filter or the ability to filter his own desires...
...save on air-freshener. The Neorest 550, the brochure states, has a built-in catalytic deodorizer that neutralizes bad ions through a filter, thus reducing stinkage. I can't tell you if this works. Although I tried out most of the features of the Neorest at the launch, there was a line of people waiting to use it after me, so I declined to put this technology to the test. Sorry, my journalistic rigor only goes...
...what's a Real Sarah Palin to do? First, she has sensibly laughed it off. If she had lumped Fey in with the evil media "filter" persecuting her by asking follow-ups and expecting her to answer debate questions, she would be Dan Quayle jousting with Murphy Brown. She may even go on SNL, perhaps by the time you read this...
Vodka is the world's most popular spirit, but its rich potential for natural taste is also the least appreciated. In the West, distillers filter the hooch heavily to create a neutral liquor that adds an undetectable kick to your Moscow mule or bloody Mary. But in vodka's homelands, Poland and Russia, distillers follow a different philosophy. Their brews retain the character of the original ingredients, which can include anything organic and fermentable, from potatoes to grain to beets. And although these artisan vodkas are best drunk neat and chilled, some connoisseurs suggest sampling the spirit in a wine...
...absorbed, and logging and burning only accelerate that process. So scientists are thinking bigger thoughts: Is it possible to increase the oceans' capacity to absorb carbon--without making the water so acidic it dissolves corals? Is it possible to scrub the atmosphere itself somehow, extracting CO2 the way a filter cleans the air in a home? Macroengineering like this is a fun thing for scientists to dream about, but it usually does not go much further, the scale and risks being simply too great. But that hasn't stopped big ideas from coming--which is fortunate, because any idea that...