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...sight of my father—a serious neurosurgeon who sometimes used the word “mofo” before I told him what it meant—going to the checkout counter at Blockbuster with a movie entitled “Daddy Day Care” is beyond description. I’ve watched this happen before, and the nonchalance with which both my dad and the checkout person complete the transaction amazes me. And every time I rent a movie, I’m reminded that I qualify for two free rentals just because...
...presidential biography. Though the level of detail can overwhelm at points, Remnick's fluid prose keeps the narrative on track. The book is well reported--featuring a host of anecdotes from intimates who ducked the media in 2008--and manages to set the President in historical context without losing sight of his humanity. Recounting a pivotal March 2007 speech in Selma, Remnick writes that Obama's words were "at once personal, tribal, national and universal." The same can be said of The Bridge...
...load onto the first ship. As it hoisted the container into the air, one of the cranes malfunctioned, sending the container hurtling out of control, yards above the deck. For a few heart-stopping seconds, it swung back and forth. The cranes groaned. "I don't like that sight," Bieniawski said. "Jesus, I don't like that sight...
...league play, that goal is very much in sight. Harvard stands alone in second place with half of the Hay Division season ahead, and if the squad finishes the year with the same effort, it will guarantee itself a playoff berth for the second consecutive season under Baise...
...cities, married couples account for less than half of households, and customers of every age and clime are increasingly unpredictable. This was a hard lesson for the restaurant business, which assumed customers would fit into certain broad categories: harried homemakers, say, or squeamish Midwesterners who would recoil at the sight of a whole fish. (To this day, the nation's hamburger chains believe that a trace of pink will terrify customers, a fact that accounts for the universal badness of chain burgers.) See YouTube's 50 Best Videos...