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Maybe these statements hold true in Vancouver. After all, anyone who has ever watched a hockey game knows that no one ever fights or slashes. A more ludicrous idea may never have existed within the realm of pro sports. The NHL has given Marty McSorley the serious penalty he deserves--a suspension for the remainder of the season--costing him about $75,000 in salary. Why must the government intervene where it does not belong and make a statement about the issue...
...actions within the realm of sports ought to stay subject only to the laws of sports. Marty McSorley did not go up to Brashear in a bar and smack him over the head with an empty Bud Light bottle--he did it in the context of a violent game. More importantly, he did it in a game where both of these individuals were known as brawlers. Canada wanting to prosecute its national pastime for doing what made the sport famous in the first place is even dumber than the Canadian health care system...
Today's event, according to OCS, will be a mini-testament to the success of Harvard grads in the realm of start-up companies...
...progress in cinematic special effects with computer-generated imagery (CGI), no one has been talking, at least publicly, about the incredible breakthroughs in the relatively nascent field of comedic gene engineering (CGE). Manipulating genes to alter the makeup of a human's looks and personality has been in the realm of possibility for years. But the prospect of doing it for comedic effect is just starting to take shape. Scientists are working to isolate the specific genetic code responsible for what makes us laugh--the "funny-bone gene," if you will. By breaking down the DNA of such comedic greats...
...from the windowless window seat to the aisle. I look for the nearest vacant bathroom and find that for all 127 of us in la section bourgeoisie there are but two. Neither is vacant, and there is a line. I am determined, at this point, to explore the realm beyond the curtain, and decide to finally penetrate the most stolid symbol of oppression in the room. I placed my hands nonchalantly into my khaki pockets and sauntered casually toward the front of the plane. But as I made my way through sleeping bodies, screaming babies, and people too large...