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...mailbox, in which I placed an alligator-on-a-stick circus toy. When the mailman failed to deliver any letters for me, the alligator, whose jaws were operated by a handle at the other end of the stick, would simply bite him. Needless to say, my presentation drew some nervous laughs, odd stares and sympathy for the mailman. Looking back, I see it was the first instance in which I was clearly out of step with my peers in the arena of technology. While they were enjoying their first forays into gadgetry and programming (albeit in an arts-and-crafts...
Vautin says it is “worrisome” when the community becomes extremely nervous...
...sort of impact here or to have the truth machine bless me with some veritas. This endpaper is just the opportunity I am looking for. A blank palate to express my most profound thoughts on whatever topic I might possibly want. But blank sheets of paper make me nervous. Because they represent infinite possibilities. Too much freedom is almost too much pressure. It’s kind of like life. If life was like your second grade teacher told you it was, and you have infinite possibilities to do whatever you’d like, to be whatever...
...lead-up to a Kurdish assault. Anything Komal could have offered in whittling away Ansar's support would have been helpful to the cause. That is now lost, with mourner's at Qasre's funeral charging the PUK with his assassination, rejecting claims that government soldiers had overreacted in nervous anticipation of another suicide bomber. That suggests they've been pushed back into the arms of Ansar, who may be the biggest beneficiaries of the latest shootout...
...chances of acquiring a nice gold statuette to watch over her gold plaque, Queen Latifah says she isn’t too nervous. She’s happy with the recognition she’s already received for her work in Chicago, though she says that if she wins an Oscar, “that’s really gonna be the icing on the cake...