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...only public discussion of health issues usually revolves around smoking. Turn on the television and you find news programs that talk about evil tobacco companies and how unhealthy it is to smoke. The media is ceaseless in its condemnation of smoking, and it’s become so politically incorrect that it is almost impossible to do—being banned in practically all public areas from office buildings to bars. Whatever smokers are left, they live in a world that looks down upon their very existence with patent condescension...
Improperly closed windows, blocked radiators and incorrect use of the heater dials are common culprits, Hegarty said...
...never let us settle for anything less than perfection. Hours after FM hits doorboxes, e-mails reach our inboxes in which these two and their dedicated protégés, Andy, Paul and Thea, meticulously comment on each page of the magazine, from every missed caption and incorrect credit to perfect cropping and a great job playing with the contrast and levels of a photo (Editor’s note: I still don’t know what levels are). Though both Andrew and Sarah are moving on to greener, less FM-dominated pastures next semester, the magazine will...
Students who had previously had little contact with military personnel said they found many of their preconceptions were incorrect, especially with regard to cadets’ political affiliations...
Dean made news on two fronts. He apologized to the sons and daughters of the Confederacy, black and white, for his politically incorrect assertion that he planned to court voters who put Confederate-flag decals on their pickup trucks. (In his speech, Lincoln also engaged in some hand-wringing about his party's inability to win support down South.) But Dean's true purpose was to announce his desire to abandon the public campaign-finance system, as George W. Bush has done, and test his campaign's amazing ability to raise money from the grass roots against the President...