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...knew they had a long-standing interest in the humanities, so we tailored our proposal to fit their concerns,” Kaufmann said...
After a year at Middlebury College—“too rustic, I was too feminine for them”—and another year at Wellesley College—“I didn’t fit in with most of the girls there”—Chase transferred to Harvard in fall...
...Norway" is usually code for "small in non-glaciated countries," but the half-Norwegian Mena has a voice that fits on American pop radio while also setting her apart from all the other teen girls with a stylist. She scats her way through the verses, which allows her to fit in lots of sensitive/spooky Morissette-ish ramblings ("I probably forgot to tell you this/Like that time when I forgot to tell you about the scar/Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?"). Then she hits the high notes in the chorus with surprising joy and clarity...
...days, a trim, fit, politically correct fellow named Morgan Spurlock took all his meals--breakfast, lunch and dinner, no exceptions, no excuses, no midnight raids on the fridge for a side salad--at McDonald's while directing the film crews recording his horror story...
...doing just the opposite. For decades, America's health-care system has been migrating toward nationalized medicine. We have a law that requires some Americans to pay for other Americans' medicine, and several states bar health insurers from charging lower premiums to people who stay fit. That removes the financial incentive for making healthy decisions. Worse, socialized health care makes us troublingly tolerant of government trespasses on our personal freedom. If my neighbor's heart attack shows up on my tax bill, I'm more likely to support state regulation of what he eats--restrictions on what grocery stores...