Word: helling
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Japan's otaku?the moniker given to its legions of nerdy pop-culture obsessives?are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore: the government is trying to outlaw some of their favorite vintage video games. On April 1, Japan's Product Safety of Electrical Appliances and Materials Law (PSE), designed to prevent electrical fires, will prohibit the resale of 259 types of electrical goods made before April 2001?including some of the most coveted video-game machines. "It's stupid," fumes retro gamer Hiroshi Yamano, while shopping at the Super Potato secondhand-game shop...
...have a union here, they [AlliedBarton] use intimidation,” according to Solano. “They say, ‘We’re not going to fire you for starting a union, but we’re going to make your lives a living hell.’” Solano said that if AlliedBarton employees try to unionize, the company intimidates the workers, cuts their hours, or delays extra pay for overtime. Despite the alleged threats, Solano is determined and confident. “We need the union and, trust me, sooner or later, we?...
...surface, there’s the “holy hell, what’s going to happen next?” plot level. Like I said, on a first viewing of the first episode, you’ll want to know what happens with Tony and his therapist. Soon, you’ll graduate to wondering whether or not Janice will get caught for shooting Richie, and ultimately you’ll be sitting on the edge of your seat to see the thrilling conclusion of the whole series...
They stand in “the pit,” handing out flyers that explain exactly why everyone who doesn’t convert is going to hell. Effective message? Just down the steps, the garbage is full of leaflets...
...whether we’re believers or not. Yet the recesses of the church are home to another sort of faith, one that millions of Americans subscribe to. In a windowless basement office lined with books like “Who’s Who in Hell,” Gregory H. Epstein, Harvard’s Humanist Chaplain, presides over his own sort of ministry—one that doesn’t include the “G” word. “As a humanist, I view God as maybe the world’s most...