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...good reason to use it that much. As long as there is still some feeling that this is a sexual term, it will maintain some power. Sometimes I'm asked, like, what's going to happen when it becomes so commonplace that it doesn't really matter anymore, and I don't think that will happen in the foreseeable future. Even as taboos against it weaken, they are still there, and it is still usually the case that you're using this informally for effect...
...written by Vaughn and Favreau, with an assist from Dana Fox, and it has the choppiness you'd expect from too many cooks in the kitchen (in contrast, Favreau was the only screenwriter on Swingers). I'm fine with the original Trent ("money") and Mike (not "money," no matter what Trent said) moving to the suburbs, having kids, getting fat and spending weekends at Home Depot and Applebee's. These things happen. What's depressing is that there's hardly a creative spark in this sour, offensive, contrived story, and its sloppiness is more consistent than its comedy...
...more certifications than Yale.“Green building is important because Harvard’s more than 700 existing buildings contribute the bulk of our emissions today,” says Heather A. Henriksen, Director of OFS. “And new buildings will add new emissions, no matter how efficient they are,” .To be LEED-certified, buildings must be environmentally friendly in terms of sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy performance, materials, and indoor environmental quality. While all new buildings and renovations planned at Harvard will follow LEED guidelines, it would be impossible to tear down...
...Congress, home to a still-powerful caucus of gay -marriage opponents, were to issue a joint resolution of disapproval, and if President Obama, who too opposes same-sex marriage, were to sign it, DC’s measure, no matter how resoundingly approved by the City Council, would be overturned. This underscores the lamentable nature of DC’s current situation in which it finds itself presided over by a body of officials for whom no DC residents voted...
...tourists pay, we have a constant revenue stream. If not, then we have fewer tourists in the Yard.” Another called for a pay-as-you-go system for entrance to Annenberg since tourists “always manage to get inside no matter how hard the staff tries to keep them out.” (Editor’s Note: We’ve been scoped while eating in this hallowed hall...