Word: rogerism
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...proposals that landed at the White House last year: the rescue of a Chinese-American dissident from a Beijing jail (pushed by entrepreneur Johnny Chung, who gave $366,000 to the party) and the transport of natural gas across war-torn remnants of the Soviet Union (pushed by tycoon Roger Tamraz, who gave $200,000). But then again, in the strange case of the radioactive casks, no money landed in Democratic coffers...
...Judge Steven Herrera, Tuesday, commenting on the case of Roger Katz. The former Santa Fe school teacher defended himself from the charge of criminal sexual penetration of a former student by explaining that she saved his life in 640 A.D., and that he was merely showing his gratitude...
...wanted him to invest himself in his club, his team, his Celtics. It seems like all of my great Boston sports heroes are moving on. McHale is doing great work with the Timber-wolves. Ainge is with the Suns. The Chief is working towards another NBA title in Chicago. Roger Clemens moved on to Toronto. Why couldn't they all just stick around and bring back Boston's slumping professional sports...
...usually go to places that are not as nice. We like it here," said Roger Pussette, a worker at the Sand Art booth. He said he thought he had probably seen over 400 children over the course of the fair...
...Penrose Pattern? Makers of toilet tissue trumpet their product's softness, durability and economy, but what about a white embossed paper, above left, that both celebrates the solution to one of the great conundrums of modern science and appears bulkier despite using 15% less paper? In 1974, Sir Roger Penrose, the esteemed Oxford mathematician, devised a geometric pattern--dubbed the Penrose Pattern--that demonstrated for the first time that a nonrepeating pattern could exist in nature, above right. Then one day Sir Roger noticed that the design on a roll of Kleenex quilted toilet tissue bore a striking resemblance...