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...true.”Shortly after my initial exposure, I sought out and attended a local air guitar competition. I learned that contestants’ scores are determined by a figure-skating-style scale. A competitor receives zero to six points in three different categories: technical merit, stage presence, and—most important—“airness.” “The formal definition of airness,” explains Jung, “is the extent to which the performance transcends the act of imitation and becomes a form of artistic expression unto itself...
...course there is no special merit in things like chain restaurants and local government, except that they are part of the fabric that binds Americans together. That should be enough to endear them to us. If not, what does a Harvard graduate working on Wall Street have in common with the schoolteachers and cops whose retirement funds she manages...
...Gehrig’s disease, also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A significant amount of previous research into nerve diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s has focused primarily on neurons as a source of disease, but the researchers cite their results as proof that non-neuron cells merit serious investigation. “Can you imagine what would be the fate of an individual that grew up in a bad neighborhood?” said Columbia researcher Serge Przedborski, drawing a parallel between crime-ridden areas and cellular environments. “What we found was that...
...embarrassed to admit that it took Imus' saying something so devastatingly crass to make me realize that there just was no reason beyond ego to play along. I did the show almost solely to earn my media-elite merit badge. The sad truth is that unless you have a book to promote, there's often no other reason any writer or columnist has to do the show. If Rich wants to "talk in an informed way," I'm sure there's an open mike at C-Span Radio, and if there's really a hunger for such adult dialogue, does...
...implored to “make well-informed decisions when considering membership in these organizations,” and that’s it. It’s admirable that the College has realized that, despite warnings from administrators, students overindulge at off-campus parties frequently enough to merit more than passing mention in Harvard’s rulebook...