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...October after seven years in exile, he apparently expected to be hailed as a conquering hero. Instead, he was promptly tried on some of the same charges for which he had been convicted in absentia and sentenced to death in 1980: murder, embezzlement and other crimes committed during his heinous 14-year rule...
...like a ludicrous laundry list. The governor is this, the governor isn't that, all thrown against the backdrop of the suggestion of impropriety by the committee chairman. Their charges against the student are unsupported by any facts and use circumstantial evidence to condemn him for commiting the apparently heinous crime of supporting Dukakis for governor (as The Crimson and almost everybody outside of the John Birch Society did) and then using his connection to try to get that prominent American to favor the senior class with an address in June...
This game known as football eventually spawned something called professional football. But it also spawned something much more heinous: modern college football. This game resembles professional football in most respects, but bears two distinct differences. First, in modern college football, you can attempt a two-point conversion after a touchdown, while in the pros, only a one-point try is allowed. Second, in professional football the players are paid directly, via salaries; in modern college football, the players are paid indirectly, via salaries, sinecures, and sneakers...
...DESIGNING Skyscrapers with a revolutionary new "vertical" alignment to replace the old horizontal models, architects have eliminated the need for workers to roll around on their sides or secure their papers messily to their horizontal desks. Yet with these great advances came the most heinous impediment to human happiness since the legalization of codscallops--the elevator. Nowhere is this devil-device more prevalent than in the corporate world of Wall Street...
...COST of millions, elevator companies are hell-bent on undertaking the most heinous practical joke ever. Combing the world's fraternity alumni lists and fast-food restaurants for the most unpleasant people in existence, the elevator companies hire these monoliths to populate the elevators of American cities. Bonuses are awarded for employees who are able to shake their bodies and shout things like, "OH NO! IT'S SNAPPED! WE'RE GONNA FALL! AHHHHH...