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...Combining the instant gratification strong cartooning with the deep engagement of epic storytelling and the universal appeal of humor, Jeff Smith's "Bone" has becomes the best all-ages graphic novel yet published. While older readers will tune into such themes as the folly of blind fanaticism and the corrupting nature of power, the younger set will simply thrill to the adventure and delight at the huge cast of characters. Hardly a folly anymore, "Bone" now deserves to go from hipster cult item to mainstream literary success...
...screw was inserted to repair the damage and the promise of Thomas’ spring faded in an instant...
Though Donato’s manner of play had earlier earned his respect, those locker room and rink-side chats left little doubt in Jay’s mind that he and Donato had a common approach to the game and, as a result, almost instant chemistry...
...would do anything to get his way. A former Air Force intelligence officer, Daschle is plenty tough as well. He was called the Velvet Hammer for moving softly behind the scenes to enforce discipline within his party. By fall the battle lines had been drawn--and then, in an instant, everything changed. Two days after 9/11, Daschle stood at a rare bipartisan lunch. "We're not Democrats here, and we're not Republicans," Daschle told the group. "We're Americans. So let's do the right thing." On Sept. 21, when Bush walked down the aisle of the House...
...palm stay in the same place from birth, and the arrangement of veins in each person is unique. By shining a light at the hand or finger and then capturing an infrared digital image, devices developed by Fujitsu, Hitachi and other Japanese firms can ID people in an instant. The first systems will soon appear in Japanese banks to verify the identity of people withdrawing money at ATMs and teller windows. --By Wilson Rothman...