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...some of our society's deeply held values, involves a lot of winging it. In 1990, for instance, a sponge used in the headpiece of Florida's electric chair wore out. There's no factory or parts catalog for execution devices, so the prison sent a guy to pick up a sponge at the store. Problem was, he bought a synthetic sponge instead of a genuine sea sponge, and when Jesse Tafero was strapped in, his head caught fire. Florida officials diagnosed the problem afterward by testing a similar sponge in a toaster...
...last move to rebrand themselves, candidates rolled out new slogans for their campaign tours. The result? Bland rhetoric and funky punctuation for all. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] TOUR TITLE TRANSLATION HILLARY CLINTON Big Challenges, Real Solutions?Time to Pick a President Generic message in multiple parts?just give us the nomination already BARACK OBAMA Stand for Change Stop stealing our theme, Hillary FRED THOMPSON The Clear Conservative Choice: Hands Down! Who are you calling lazy? We have exclamation points!!! JOHN EDWARDS America Rising: Fighting for the Middle Class John Edwards will punch...
Then came the unholiest offense of all. During the first game of this season, against the hated Jets, the Pats were caught illegally videotaping New York's defensive signals. Spygate cost Belichick a $500,000 fine and the Pats a first-round draft pick this year. Belichick wasn't exactly contrite about it, issuing a statement of apology and then refusing to answer questions. "I've said everything I'm going to say," Belichick responded when TIME recently asked him about Spygate...
...daughter of the ruling elite, trained to never pick up a ringing phone or travel without a driver. She wore traditional dresses and told friends about her vacations with Chinese leader Mao Zedong. In private, her constant homesickness brought her to tears...
...caucuses?" Biden told a crowd of several hundred people crammed into an Ames library Monday. "The only thing that I ask you, and the only responsibility to the Democrats in the rest of the country I think you have, is not to be pundits but to pick for them who you believe that the most qualified persons are to be in the finals...