Word: scoffs
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...paltry 69th place. That list, Intel’s survey of “The Most Unwired College Campuses,” was meant to assess the degree to which wireless networking technology has taken hold at educational institutions across the country. To be fair, 69th is nothing to scoff at—neither Yale nor Princeton were in the top 100—but Dartmouth was 5th, MIT was 26th, and apparently football isn’t the only game at which we lose to Penn, as they beat us by a full 3 spots, coming in at 66th...
Critics of the carb counters' revolution may scoff at Saltz-man's enthusiasm, believing that Atkins, South Beach, Zone and other protein-packed eating regimens are part of a fad that will soon run its course, like low-fat diets in the 1980s. But they can't deny his weight loss or that of countless others who have dropped 20 or 50 or 100 lbs. after cutting carbs from their meals. Exactly why all those pounds melt away when we give up potatoes and bread remains something of a mystery to the dieting public. Is it mostly the temporary loss...
...working for the White House this semester, The New York Times reported, seven hailed from PHC, which has a mere 240-member student body. Their politics might help them win the jobs, but their SAT marks (a school average of 1320, significantly higher for such interns) are nothing to scoff...
...billboard on the theater in New York City reads: A R RAHMAN'S BOMBAY DREAMS. The locals may scoff. A R Who? He's a Broadway composer? He is now, and musical theater has rarely been so lucky. The most geriatric genre of American culture is getting a transfusion of world music. And when Rahman makes that music, it's truly world-class...
...plan to renegotiate with creditors, raise Chunnel charges, increase productivity (without layoffs), and obtain some compromise form of government aid such as a debt guarantee. Sounds nice, but Rémon and others call that plan as unrealistically rosy as the original Eurotunnel projections. French and British officials scoff at ideas of state aid, and Maillot is hardly in a position to dictate to banks who have bailed Eurotunnel out at least three times before. The new board's margin of maneuver is perhaps even tighter than the old one's. "At best, creditors swap debt for capital, greatly diluting...