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Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism - which is true, but they miss the point
...combined inspections of Dunster and Mather dining halls, which share a kitchen, found 13 total violations, the highest number in the College and up from six violations last April. Though problems over the past two years have included rust in the ice machine, scum buildup and keeping raw meat too close to food that’s ready to be served, this fall’s were relatively minor. They included missing labels on containers, a broken salad bar light and no thermometer in the refrigerator...
...cool limestone porch of the Texas ranch. One was overnight guest John McCain, and the other was Bush's political adviser Karl Rove, the man who helped destroy McCain four years earlier in the South Carolina primary. Lately the Senator had been openly referring to Rove as "staff scum," a term of endearment he often uses for his own aides. Now the two discussed the political map and the previous day's events in Florida. Flying with Bush to Pensacola, McCain had told tales of his fighter days in that town. And once they landed, McCain was beside himself with...
...nearly as deviant as we’d hoped. Gadfly bundled up and ventured out to the banks of the Charles to check out the thieves and lowlifes HUPD had warned us about—you know, the preps, blue-bloods, good ol’ boys and other scum of (high) society. The only thing tighter than the security was the lockjaw...
...prisoner abuse. But it is even more saddening to hear the pathetic excuse that terrorists don't play by the rules, so we don't have to either. Is that the standard we're adopting? The greatest nation in the world is going to follow the behavior of the scum of the earth? We will win the war on terrorism. How we choose to win it will determine whether we are still the greatest nation. We are better than this, America. Jenny Watson Shipman...