Word: guess
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...guess I could spin this coincidence into a mournful essay on the devolution of movie culture over the past 35 years: how moviemakers have jettisoned subtlety in their attempts to appeal to a teen audience, how shades of gray have been coarsened to simple blacks and whites, how everything then was better than anything now, etc. etc. That alterkocker argument might be made to apply to the Farrelly brothers' dumb-down of the Neil Simon-Elaine May Heartbreak Kid, which I was unkind to last week. But it doesn't work on Sleuth, an art-house effort with more modest...
...commentator, both male and female. Such was the case with Amanda Beard, who bared all in the July issue of Playboy. Many claimed that she was demeaning herself as a person, not to mention sending the wrong message about her sport. However, I’d venture to guess that Beard was pretty content with her choice: “It’s just a business decision, a career decision,” she said. Since then, she’s taken the 15 minutes of fame that she might never have received, even as an Olympic gold medalist...
...preference for joining the police and army. "It gives them a stake in the system. It's really the first step to becoming IP [Iraqi Police] or IA [Iraqi Army]," Balcavage said. In the absence of good alternatives, he said he was willing to give it a chance. "I guess it's making the best of a bad situation," he said...
...tomato soup,” says Wansink, a food psychologist. According to his study, “the typical person ate around 15 ounces, but others ate more than a quart.” With sexy bombs and horny hamsters, it’s anyone’s guess as to what kind of projects will be honored in next year’s Ig Nobel Awards. And, if you’re interested in “Dr. Fran’s Anti-Hiccup Kit,” don’t worry: it comes with user-friendly directions...
...Essentially, they wear black crushed velvet hooded capes, sing a ritualistic chant at the beginning and end of meetings, perform a séance, and then vote on students, head’s up seven up style, if I had to guess. The Gatekeeper counts thumbs...