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...origin of the word condom is unknown, though the story of a certain Dr. Condom in 19th century England remains one of the more persistent myths. The term at least trumps intravaginal pouch, a phrase suggested in lieu of female condom by an FDA panel tasked in the early 1990s with reviewing an early prototype of the women's contraceptive...
...rather than an ally. Rubin also called for an increased focus on Pakistan. “The war on terror should focus on where terrorists are recruited, trained, and armed, and that is Pakistan,” he said. Lodhi, however, said she took issue with the phrase “war on terror.” “There needs to be a change in rhetoric,” she said. “‘War on terror’ was a very unfortunate metaphor that must be dropped.” Lodhi said that...
...head: "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!" Even some of the milder things he said had terrible consequences. There is a verse in Psalms, "bend down their backs always," that he, reading Paul, applied to the Jews. He meant by this phrase that when Jews read the Bible, their posture was oriented "downward" toward this world rather than "upward" toward heaven. Much later, churchmen will misinterpret Augustine to be saying "Sit on Jewish backs until they bend." The things that were later done on his authority were a horrifying misreading. And he himself...
...online biographical dictionary, defines Ackerman first as "American fan." That's good enough. As much as almost any writer in the field, he created a devoted, informed audience for speculative fiction. If he didn't coin the term "sci-fi" - Robert Heinlein used it first - then by using the phrase in public in 1954 he instantly popularized it (to the lasting chagrin of purists, who preferred "SF"). Forry, as everyone called him, was the genre's foremost advocate, missionary and ballyhooer. His love for the form, stretching back more than 80 years, godfathered and legitimized the obsessions of a million...
...with "no souls." There have been calls for criminal prosecutions against these "animals." Wal-Mart, meanwhile, has claimed it prepared for the crush by bringing on outside security and additional sales staff. "Despite all of our precautions," said Wal-Mart executive Hank Mullany in a thrillingly passive turn of phrase, "this unfortunate event occurred...