Word: lock
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...jamming to my Mr. Rogers album all the time, but it wasn't until high school that I learned how politically radical Fred Rogers was. One of the toughest kids in the school, drunk, his gold chain hanging halfway down his already hairy chest, told me his dad would lock him and his brother in the closet every time he caught them watching Mr. Rogers, fearful the show would turn them into homosexuals. But even years later, at 18 years old and miles from a sweater vest, this kid still loved Mr. Rogers. And I realized how much worse...
...most frightening plans involve his desire to employ unconventional weapons. His most prized possession, he says, is a cache of 82mm mortar rounds. Mohammed displays one of the rounds and proclaims, "This is a chemical mortar." Encased in a green storage tube with a flip-lock lid, the weapon has liquid sloshing inside a bulbous head reeking with a putrid odor that burns the nostrils. The Russian markings on the weapon identify it as a TD-42 liquid, high-explosive mortar. It's impossible to know what is really in the device or if the boasts...
Fewer travelers are using locks on their checked bags, what with the more vigilant Transportation Security Administration (TSA) breaking open those attached to luggage that has been selected for hand searches. So John Vermilye, a former TSA consultant, created standards for locks that could be easily opened for inspection and then closed. Six brands have been certified, each bearing a red diamond logo and priced in the $5-$10 range. Locks are available now at specialty retailer Brookstone and expected to arrive by early January at Macy's, Samsonite, Burdines, REI and other shops. Manufacturers like CCL Security Products...
...ever have plans to take over a university administration building, here’s a word of advice from Madeleine S. Elfenbein ’04: head straight for the bathrooms. According to Elfenbein, the bathrooms are the first place the administration will try to lock you out of, in order to force you to leave. Not being able to shower is bad enough, but not having toilet access is another story...
...putting a home office in Bermuda, but this in itself is not sufficient. The real challenge for the Democratic Party, and its presidential candidates in particular, is to figure out how to reverse the Right’s stranglehold on our political vocabulary, without adopting the kind of lock-step dogmatic monolithism that empowered the likes of Gingrich. I don’t have a quick solution handy, but I’m pretty sure that if the Dems don’t act fast to reclaim our language, they risk losing the word battle before they realize they?...