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...grades, solid recommendations and documented achievements. "Seems to me the only thing you haven't done is paint your room Duke blue," she mused, alluding to the school color. Soon thereafter the photo arrived -- of the smiling applicant, brush in hand, apparently painting her bedroom a deep lapis hue. Needless to say, Tangora is now a Duke student...
...Needless to say, Larry swished one, and my roommate was choking on his words so badly we had to administer the Heimlich maneuver...
...dealings with foreign countries are many. Gerald Unks, in an article titled, "The Perils of Our Single-Language Policy," tells the story of a General Motors attempt at marketing the Chevy Nova in South America. The company was unaware that "No va" in Spanish means "It doesn't go." Needless to say, the Nova failed to make...
...NEEDLESS to say, Weicker's refusal to toe a straight party line combined with his outspoken manner, hardly endeared him to his colleagues in the Republican Party and he was often bypassed for positions of party leadership, though he clearly had seniority. But Weicker's blustery, abrasive, and confrontational style was resented by colleagues on the other side of the aisle as well, and he was never embraced by the Democrats either, because they considered him to be unpredictable...
...Republican paranoia reflects the pervasive combination of fear/reverence that politicians have acquired for television. It can make candidates look better than usual ("I want a kinder, gentler nation") or unusually silly ("Pearl Harbor day, September 7..."). But stooping to censorship pressure tactics is a dangerous, needless precedent...