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...engaged over e-mail, for heaven's sakes. Not to mention those stupid sunglasses, and the fact that nobody likes him very much. The man is just not a winner...
...never talk about the real pillar of our meritocratic order, namely grades. In my high school, everyone talked about “what they got” on the last history test, or how they were doing in AP Bio. Here, though, save among the closest friends, daring to mention actual letters (B, A- and so forth) will win you raised eyebrows and shocked stares. People will talk about anything, from their sex lives to their private psychoses, before they even come close to mentioning their G.P.A...
...Jacinto, Calif., homeowner put a slightly different spin on. "Many of us have small lawns that we mow with gas or electric machines," he wrote. "Why not switch to manual or push lawn mowers?" And our hearts were warmed by a Durango, Colo., woman's idea: "You didn't mention drying laundry on clotheslines. Remember getting into bed that first night after washday when sheets smelled fresh? That smell is right up there with that of baking bread...
...warm weather. Maybe it was that the expected onslaught of anti-globalism protests never materialized. And maybe it was the U.S.'s first-quarter GDP numbers. But considering the currently tenuous state of the global economy - slowdown in the U.S., slowdown in Europe, recession in Japan, not to mention the ongoing meltdowns in Turkey and Argentina - this weekend's meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 industrialized nations was a surprisingly cheery affair...
...Internet access and prohibits taxes that single out the Internet. The knottier issue, though, is of sales tax. Say you live in New York and order a book online from Amazon.com (based in Washington state). Technically, you owe New York sales taxes. And states like New York - not to mention the brick-and-mortar stores in them, who complain that Internet outfits are being granted unfairly tax-free status - are looking for permission to start collecting...