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That noble rock had seemed like such a civilized destroyer. Your average catastrophe gives little warning. Tidal waves, volcanoes, earthquakes and their ilk just barge in unannounced and wreak havoc. So rude! Not 1997 XF11, as the scientists so imaginatively named our space Kevorkian. It made a reservation. We were provided the exact date of arrival: Oct. 26, 2028. A Thursday. Gives you time to clear some space on your calendar, pencil in the appointment. Note to Self: Thursday--run amuck in sheer terror before being blown to smithereens along with everyone and everything I've ever known and loved...
...watched the Ohio town meeting live on television and saw it differently from the way you reported it, and so did all my friends. There were perhaps a dozen rude, nihilistic hecklers with no concern for courtesy, order and civility, and we thought they needed to be forcibly removed. Yet instead of focusing on audience support for Secretary Madeleine Albright and applause for her admonition that the rest of the audience wanted to hear what the Administration officials had to say, the American media widely broadcast the protests in 60-second sound bites. I live close to Saddam's borders...
...rude awakening. Before I came to Harvard I had expected to be christened jlee@fas or (@husc, as it used to be back in those days). But I should have known better, given Harvard's undergraduate population of 6,500, an Asian-American population of just under 20 percent and the popularity of many common Asian surnames--particularly those of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese origin. So when I hit enter, the account registration program instantly informed me I was "lee39...
Tyler claims that, while initially saying no to sex, Rachel eventually did not object. According to Tyler, she became distant and rude after they...
After Wednesday's rude awakening in Ohio, the Clintonites may have a better understanding of this rationale. My God, for a minute there it looked like a...like a real town meeting! With luck, they'll be having no more of that. They now know, if they didn't before, that those who live by the gimmick may perish...