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...that Guest would ever admit to such a subversive agenda. He will own up only to "refining" a technique he first employed as the co-writer and one of the stars of This Is Spinal Tap, that perfect satire about a heavy-metal band on the treadmill to oblivion, which is presently enjoying a welcome re-release and a new DVD version. He is also the force behind Waiting for Guffman, in which he plays Corky St. Clair, a small-town hairdresser who deludes himself into believing that the historical pageant he has directed may be Broadway bound...
...around, she seemed poised to dropkick the rest of the featherweights into oblivion but even she couldn't have prepared herself for the drama on vault-with it set two inches too low, Khorkina crashed onto her knees. The tears began to flow and the face sunk even more when she fell off the uneven bars during her signature move; the diva had melted into desperation. Every ounce of her haughty energy, her I-kiss-you-than-I-kill-you demeanor, had evaporated with two falls...
...that Guest would ever admit to such a subversive agenda. He will own up only to "refining" a technique he first employed as the cowriter and one of the stars of "This Is Spinal Tap," that perfect satire about a heavy metal band on the treadmill to oblivion, which is presently enjoying a welcome rerelease and a new DVD version. He is also the force behind "Waiting for Guffman," in which he plays Corky St. Clair, a small-town hairdresser who deludes himself into believing that the historical pageant he has directed may be Broadway-bound...
...Than I Am?"), they will be considerably smarter than we are. Evolution says organisms are replaced by species of superior adaptability. When our robots tire of taking orders, they may, if we're lucky, show more compassion to us than we've shown the species we have pushed into oblivion. Perhaps they will put us into zoos, throw peanuts at us and make us dance inside our cages...
...dramatic as these numbers are, will PAGE accomplish anything? The U.N. has a reputation for studying problems as a substitute for doing something about them. Its agencies churn out paper the way ragweed produces pollen, and most U.N. studies quickly disappear into file-cabinet oblivion in the offices of other paper shufflers. Moreover, after decades of conferences on environment and sustainable development, the natural response to such an assessment is, "Hasn't someone already done this...