Word: rip
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...Still, critics of agricultural biotechnology erupted. "A rip-off of the public trust," grumbled the Rural Advancement Foundation International, an advocacy group based in Winnipeg, Canada. Potrykus was dismayed by such negative reaction. "It would be irresponsible," he exclaimed, "not to say immoral, not to use biotechnology to try to solve this problem...
...white nose fell, a tiny stone building houses two memorial books. One lists the dead in flowing script, another records their personal histories. Pilgrims who come to this silent, haunting place have also left signed photographs behind, mostly of children, or notes in the visitors' book. "John Michael Ahern. rip. Always in our hearts. Love, Dad," was one poignant entry last month for the 26-year-old from New York who loved skiing...
...whole thing from Napster. It's well worth getting, but I recommend you give the guy a break and pay for it (my hard copy is on its way via overnight mail) since it's not like he's making Metallica money. Those guys, you can feel free to rip...
...America is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately kind of a place, and we're spoiled to boot. Alan Greenspan, who's made all the right moves for at least eight years now and sold Bill Clinton on the deficit-reduction plan that turned inflation into Rip Van Winkle during this unprecedented expansion, got roundly booed by the markets for lowering interest rates only in his mind Tuesday. And the easily scared - politicians, mostly, and a few Wall Street pessimists - are screaming that a spring recession is nigh...
...emerge from underneath an avalanche of work this week like Rip Van Winkle awakening to find his world spun topsy-turvy, I stand marveling at at the headlines. The man who undisputably lost the popular vote--and most likely the Florida vote once all the ballots are counted by the irrespressible medi--has won the Presidency.What the hell just happened...