Word: slews
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...opportunities in e-commerce," says Josh Harris, who founded the 220-employee webtertainment network Pseudo.com "The gold rush is coming to a close, and the last piece of the puzzle is what we do." What Pseudo does is not what King does. Pseudo works the fringe, offering up a slew of shows, giving a creative outlet to anyone from a woman having sex on a plane to a naked, one-toothed, 80-year-old man dancing. This stuff--all jerky and spastic in a tiny 3-in. by 3-in. box on your computer screen--makes public-access cable...
This rule raises a remarkable and baffling array of questions and problems. How does one exactly enforce the limit? Do wandering proctors and administrators periodically stop by dorms, notebook in hand, poking around for cans and bottles? Perhaps a team of forensic experts who can determine whether the slew empty cans on the floor are evidence of recent infractions or a casual approach to cleaning...
...court appearance, Stuckey pled guilty to seven charges in connection with a slew of Yard break-ins in October...
McCain's grandfather John S. ("Slew") McCain was the World War II commander of a legendary task force under Admiral William Halsey. When he would pass through the U.S. during the war, McCain's mother would wake up the kids in the middle of the night and sit them on the sofa so she could take pictures of them with their famous grandfather. He died of a sudden heart attack five days after he stood on the deck of the battleship Missouri to watch the Japanese surrender. The obituary ran on the front page of the New York Times; President...
...voters listen closely, and if they hear an undercurrent of false modesty or vanity, they will catch it over time. It may be that the reason McCain is able to come across as genuinely humble is that he's not talking to us at all; he's talking to Slew and to his dad. By their standards, he did his duty and did it well, but that was what was expected of him and not something to brag about...