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...much as the Pixarians love their technology, however, the refrain you hear over and over here is that story is king. Even that's not quite right. "We're not looking for stories," says Catmull, "but for groups of people that ignite stories...
...shooting, Cassie Bernall and Emily Wyant hid under a table. Klebold slammed his hand on the desk, yelled "Peekaboo" as Cassie prayed fervently to God that she would be spared. Klebold asked if she believed in God, and when she said yes, he killed her. Or so the media refrain went...
...Nobel laureates in Physics (including Higgins Professor of Physics Sheldon L. Glashow) stated that "fully informed technical studies" had confirmed that nuclear tests are unnecessary to maintain the current arsenal. The environmental consequences of exploding a nuclear weapon and releasing radiation provide additional incentives for the U.S. to refrain from breaking its self-imposed commitment...
...email." If that is indeed the case, the convergence of a mere two opinions falls far short of justifying the article's blanket sub-heading, "Students say loss of privacy doesn't bother them." If a journalist chooses not to employ legitimate survey tools, she is surely obliged to refrain from broad generalizations, especially when dealing with samples as large as one fourth of Harvard College...
...INHOFE (R., Okla.) and others want to know is, Has Rubin been engaging in "threatening and harassing" telephone calls and e-mails to the residences of anti-sludge activists Helaine Shields, Jane Beswick and others? Did Rubin attempt to bribe a waste- treatment-company executive to get him to "refrain from raising concerns" about sludge transportation and stop insisting it be transported as hazardous waste? Has Rubin been distributing "selected, preliminary" risk data that appeared to discredit sludge-toxicity findings by EPA scientist David Lewis? The agency has come under fire for harassing its scientists who question regulations...