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Take the kind of audience Franken is referring to and move it to the Sackler; now you have a fairly good picture of an objectivist audience. On taxation, the objectivist says, "Taxation is coercion," the listeners nod. On environmentalism: "Man is master over the environment," the people clap. On women's and Afro-American studies: "Pseudo-disciplines," the crowd does the wave...
...strategic goal here is getting Windows CE standards into every device we can. We don't have to make money over the next few years. We didn't make money on ms-dos in its first release. If you can get into this market at $10, take it." They nod...
...couch-potato minutes) to really appreciate every successful touchdown pass. Thus, it is our job to educate our dormmates, reminding them of the pain of every interception or fourth-down failure. "Look," I say excitedly. "We actually converted on 4th and 1!" My friends have learned to just nod and smile...
...life--their misadventures with alcohol, cocaine or other poisons. Then comes the afternoon that is set aside for atonement on the subject of marijuana. Now the chastened air gives way to argument. The house divides along generational lines. The oldest of the sinners (mostly age 50 or older) nod agreement with the official message: Yes, indeed--devil weed. The baby boomers, however, with their rich pharmaceutical histories, begin to snigger and squirm. "Give me a break!" rings out in the hall. The youngest members of the congregation (some in their teens) sit in bewilderment, trying to decide whether to support...
...nod to bipartisanship, Clinton could tap Pat Buchanan to head up the Commerce Department, although that would mean retooling his free-trade policy and imposing harsh tariffs on Japan, as well as accepting the high cost of building that wall all along the Mexican border. Also, Buchanan's racism might bother the rest of the staff, although since Mike Espy resigned and Pena and Cisneros are on their way out, will any minorities be around to care...