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Everyone knows to shave against the grain. That’s why the girls have it easy when it comes to shaving: one leg, one grain (unless she’s got behind-the-knee hair, in which case she should drop out of Harvard and enroll in Yeti College?...
These goals have included the elimination of trans fats, increasing the amount of whole grain options on the menu, and adding trail mix in the dining halls...
This is a guy who joined the Oregon National Guard in 2003, having found little else that engaged him--including his full-time job as a grain inspector. His grandfather served in the Air Force, and two of his uncles were Navy men. (His dad left home when he was young.) Because of his dyslexia, Braddock had trouble in school. But he thought to himself, Where else can you shoot a fully automatic weapon--legally--and get paid for it? A lengthy conversation ensues about guns (he owns an M1A and wants an AR-10 for hunting) and ends with...
...itself. The argument, of course, is that it perpetuates stereotypes. Do you know what often perpetuates stereotypes? Truth. Believe it or not, many Asians tend to have eyes that are narrower than most people of Caucasian background (hereafter white people). Thus, there may perhaps be a grain of truth behind the shirts, even if they are “offensive...
...higgledy-piggledy complex of tired-looking trailers parked alongside grain silos and stock pens, four white-coated scientists are investigating crimes with the tools of 21st century forensics. They're testing hairs found on a blanket wrapped around a victim of rape and murder, trying to match them to a suspect's dog. They're analyzing the DNA of two Pekingese killed during a robbery to determine if a suspect was at the scene of the crime. They're looking for a match between stray hairs left at a murder scene and DNA taken from the suspect...