Word: papered
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...would they be judged by the world? During the opening ceremony's one-hour cultural program, the hosts gave overseas viewers a quick history lesson. Dear exalted foreign guests, they seemed to say, did you know that we Chinese have 5,000 years of history and that we invented paper and movable type and gunpowder? The unease manifested itself in sartorial diktats, too. Lest visitors think that China was somehow not sophisticated enough to merit hosting the world's premier sporting spectacle, local residents were admonished not to wear more than three contrasting hues at the same time...
...course, for those Americans whose TV viewing extends beyond coverage of the Presidential campaign, Scranton is famous for an entirely different reason: it's home to the fictional Dunder Mifflin paper company, whose employees' travails form the basis of the hit NBC sitcom The Office. And that connection is a big reason why the people of Scranton aren't bitter at all; in fact, they're downright enthused. The local tourist bureau hosted a massive Office convention last October that officials said drew more than 10,000 fans of the show to this city of about 75,000; the Today...
...formidable and life-long defense against the flu, as long as they're pitted against the correct strain. For an explanation, TIME asks Eric Altschuler, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and co-author of a recent paper in Nature about antibodies to the 1918 pandemic flu virus...
...around the gavel in Denver are actually more united than perhaps at any other point in the past 30 years. When Obama accepts the Democratic nomination on Thursday night, he will inherit a party focused on its determination to take back the White House, and that overarching goal should paper over any lingering resentments or policy differences, at least until after Election...
...judged by the world. During the Opening Ceremony's one-hour cultural program, the hosts eagerly gave viewers around the world a Cliffs Notes history lesson. Dear exalted foreign guests, they seemed to say, did you know we Chinese have 5,000 years of history and that we invented paper and movable type and gunpowder? Pretty cool, don't you think...