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...fault. For not reading the fine print. For not noticing the asterisks. When my wife bought a first edition of Sinclair Lewis' Main Street on eBay and the book arrived and was not a first edition, or even a second or third, the blame was hers--for not being suspicious. And when I used an online broker to buy shares of Micron Technology at 40 1/4 and received a confirmation five minutes later that I'd purchased the shares at 43, the blame was mine--for not knowing that "real-time quotes" aren't so real time...
...Green winger Ryan Sinclair answer Macleod's attempt with a close shot of his own from the right post. Prestifilippo stoned Sinclair, and defenseman P.J. Martin tried for the rebound but hit Prestifilippo's pads...
...boiler, firing up the engine and managing the controls. In follow-up courses, groups of four students strive to acquire enough skill to drive the locomotive. This involves learning to clean, oil and light up the engine, shunt tracks, couple and uncouple cars--and brake, no easy task. John Sinclair, 54, technical director of a Bedfordshire computer firm, was "quite frightened" during an intermediate course with Severn Valley Railway because even at 25 m.p.h., the locomotive rattles and shakes. So pleased was he by the "big high" he experienced that he plans to spend $975 to take an advanced course...
...Ward Sinclair of The Washington Postwrote, "Simpson turns out to be one of the mostrefreshing breezes that occasionally gentles theirway through Congressional pomp and fustian toremind that all is not lost...
...emotional connection, however, you'd have to work hard to top Betsy Berman, a marketing consultant. She and husband Dennis Sinclair got married two years ago at the Chicago branch of Crate & Barrel. The bridal procession came up the escalator, and vows were exchanged amid the candlesticks and crockery. Which might be the ultimate example of in-store entertainment--at least until someone decides to give birth at a Baby...