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...been with an Asian”/”read the latest Marmaduke”/“read the latest Marmaduke as a Marxist critique of suburban angst”).When the real TF does show up, make sure you size him up quickly, and remark, (“Well, well, well…if it isn’t ol’ Hubert Humphrey”/“You can’t spell ‘grad student’ without ‘RAD student’!” [INSERT HIGH FIVE...
...average person tells three lies per ten minutes of conversation.” Behind the one-way mirror, an FBI agent gruffs, “We don’t have time for this scientist to talk to the guy.” Within a minute of this skeptical remark, Dr. Lightman determines where the suspect planted a bomb based solely on a microexpression that flits across the man’s face. A microexpression is a very brief show of genuine emotion on a person’s face. Notions such as the revealing quality of the microexpression...
...think I came here to be a potted plant." -Replying to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's remark, made in January 2007, that Gregg was "the designated 'see-if-we-can-mess-up-the-legislation' guy this year." Almanac of American Politics...
...execute,” I felt betrayed of the perfection promised not by the historic character of Barack Obama’s inauguration but by the Constitution itself. Time was hardly “out of joint”—Hamlet’s famed remark, coincidentally, was also associated with taking an oath—but it was momentarily and painfully dislocated. I clenched my teeth and turned to my brother, watching along with me in Quincy House, and winced. It was an inauspicious commencement, to say the least...
...manager asked the two women, “What are you, lesbians?” Loux said the manager may have wanted the workers to move on or stop their conversation. The details of the incident, the manager’s exact comment, and the context of the remarks are still under investigation by the union. Loux did not identify the manager or the two women. “I, an openly gay woman, object to any mistreatment of our workers on the basis of sexual orientation,” said Loux. “Quite frankly, I believe that...