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...reality. Mike returns to work at the firehouse, but the reminders of Sept. 11 are everywhere. The chalkboard still bears the names and assignments of those on duty that morning. Guys show off their new 9/11 tattoos memorializing their housemates; one depicts a helmet, another the Ladder 11 company patch. A masseuse stands by to give free massages; there are free tickets to the Broadway show The Music Man and a lottery for trips to Hawaii and Barbados. To unwind one evening after inspecting a gas leak, the firemen watch outtakes from The Bravest, a TV show chronicling the lives...
Because guys like Alex Brown and Peyton Manning forego millions of dollars to play on Saturdays just one more season. Because 18-year-olds have to grow up quickly on a patch of grass in front of 100,000 screaming fanatics. Because Auburn and Alabama and Michigan and Ohio State hate each other. Because the FSU “War Chant” is so annoying and because when I was in Gainesville two weeks ago, I tailgated for six hours and was so excited that I had problems breathing...
...eight-celled, or whatever number seems sufficiently small—embryos are not human beings at all. After all, we are told repeatedly, they are just a “clump of cells,” and killing them is no different from disposing of a patch of dry skin or clipping your toenails. Besides, they’re in petri dishes, and what kind of human beings live in petri dishes? Not you or I, certainly. Embryos don’t have feelings, they aren’t self-conscious, and they certainly don’t have cute...
Twenty-two men, one stitched leather ball, and a big patch of grass are all that’s needed for The Game, and have been since it was first played over 100 years...
...smooth asphalt patch poured over the roadway after the completion of the utility work “made the roadway look even more like a roadway,” said Gene Ketelhohn, area manager of the three Quad houses...