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...with many military rituals, is governed by strict procedures, and training time had to be devoted to mastering the steps. “We spent about an hour the Wednesday prior to the game,” Jimmy said, “just practicing our maneuvers and gun manual so I actually knew how to handle the weapon.” Yet there was far more to the event than drill practice. Remember, McKinney and ROTC took the initiative in arranging the presentation. “It’s nice to raise awareness that there are fellow Harvard students...
Binge eating is not yet included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Boothby wrote, but UHS acknowledges the problem as a disorder...
Jaguar spent no less effort improving the six-speed transmission. There are three modes: automatic, sport and manual (using the shift paddles). In manual, according to Jaguar, the gears respond to the driver's touch in 600 milliseconds, and the sensation is pure greased lightning. Sport mode feels silky smooth too. Overall, the car isn't as lithe or fun to drive as a Porsche 911 with a manual stick shift. But Jaguar has concluded that its core market is drivers who want a balance of performance and luxury, and in that respect the XKR hits its mark...
...What truly makes a great user interface is an ineffable internal logic, a set of consistent internal rules that one absorbs without their having to be stated (like in a manual, for example), and I don't see that quite yet in Vista. You don't always instinctively know where the back button will be, or the "close this window" button. If your desktop is overcrowded with windows, you can hit an icon that will line them all up for you, tilted at an angle, so you can pluck out the one that you need. Nice - but at the same...
...etiquette manual really abandons a girl in that situation. It was difficult not to stare—one guy has improved tremendously in physique since we were together. In the case of another, I was glad to have let him go before he exposed his flabby form to Harvard Yard. Then again, the only thing more awkward than running Primal Scream is going as a spectator, so I suppose I deserved exactly what I endured...