Word: hadn
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...someone had hit me with a wet sock. At 3:10 a.m., I remembered I owed my mother money. At 4:12 a.m., I felt guilty about something I said to my son. At 5:14 a.m., I deeply regretted a headline I had written. Dr. Mark hadn't warned me about this: Ritalin is basically a drug that wakes you up to remind you of what a loser...
...wouldn't be the first time. In 1996 chemists from the University of Utah claimed they had discovered "cold fusion." They hadn't, it turned out, but a combination of ambition, fear of competition and pressure from the university led them to announce the discovery before they had any proof...
Bush and Clinton soon realized they were becoming a brand--a nonpartisan, let's-do-it-together brand that people hadn't seen for a while. So after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast and Bush 43 called on them to set forth once more, the two men said yes but told the President they wanted to do it differently this time. Instead of directing others to charities, they would create their own nonprofit fund so donations could be sent directly to their offices in Houston and New York City or through the government website usafreedomcorps.gov They called it the Bush...
Bono was very pleased with himself until he learned that he hadn't actually accomplished anything. Congress hadn't signed off. "When I first arrived in Washington," says Bono, "I asked, Who's Elvis here? Who do I have to speak to to change the world? Then I find out that even though the President says yes and even though he speaks with a twang, he's not Elvis. Congress is Elvis in America. No, Congress is Colonel Parker...
...good times couldn't last forever, and on Saturday the protests flared into violence. Scores of Koreans burst through police barriers and battled officers, who responded with fire hoses and tear gas. Despite the fighting, which left at least 40 injured, through Saturday the farmers still hadn't managed to disrupt the WTO meeting. But with talks inside mostly deadlocked, there wasn't much to disrupt...