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...flipped on the television in my bedroom the other day and quickly became convinced that a foreign dignitary was paying the Bay State an official visit. On the screen, a spiffy blue and white jet dubbed the “Spirit of America” landed and, flanked by numerous officials in suits and somber State Troopers flaunting crisp, fresh-pressed uniforms, its door unfurled. Was the President of Zambia paying Mitt Romney a visit? Was Pope Benedict in the plane? I waited in rapt anticipation for the individual deemed worthy of such a triumphal greeting to emerge. Imagine...
...some instances, White House officials have gone straight to Capitol Hill to squelch regulatory efforts. In June 2003 Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, introduced an amendment to mandate 100% inspection of airplane cargo. While airline passengers walk through metal detectors and have all their bags screened, the 6 billion pounds of cargo traveling beneath them each year is subject only to spot inspections by the feds. The government leaves it up to air carriers and the companies that forward freight to the carriers to screen their regular cargo customers...
Your criticism of Geraldo Rivera's recent program was unwarranted. The show only depicted the reality of the drug war in this country. I agree that caution must be used in any police operation, but at the same time the officers you saw on the screen would not have jeopardized their safety just to be on camera. We need more of this kind of gutsy coverage. Then maybe all of us will be more clearly aware of the drug problem. I've been in law enforcement for almost 13 years. My hat is off to Mr. Rivera...
...students in attendance agreed that cable-equipped plasma screen televisions would make the new social spaces very popular as well as very expensive...
...encourage hordes of middle-aged women to hit the bar mitzvah dance floor when this song comes on. The video itself is dated, as director Hype Williams remakes “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems” as seen through a twice-cracked TV screen with Jermaine Dupri instead of Biggie. No one will regret not seeing this, and I’m extremely glad that, as a college student, I don’t have to come home to my mother singing this song, which is no doubt what’s happening right...