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...There's no question that the kooks give good sound bites, and Void knows there's been enough evil committed in the names of Jesus and Mohammed. Still, I wanted Maher to confront, and be challenged by, the better class of believers: a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, perhaps, or some articulate Episcopalian or Islamist, or comedian and noted Catholic layman Stephen Colbert. Maher seems interested less in conversation than in confrontation, so his movie is less essay than inquisition. Maybe that tone will win Religulous some conversions, but this critic remains a skeptic...
Finally, notes Weinberg, who was not involved in the new study but is familiar with its design and results, the lack of effectiveness could have been due in part to the trial's small sample size. "The bigger numbers you have, the better," he says. "Five hundred subjects may sound like a lot, but once you start stratifying them by age, by whether they received all of their shots, or which year they were immunized, your total number gets smaller...
...tune of, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”)“Cheng HO, sweet carrier, going for the old endzonnnnnne,Cheng HO (Cheng HO!), sweet carrrrrriiieerrr, goinnnggg for the old end zone.”I wish you could hear these dulcet sounds, but alas, we have not developed the technology to allow papers to talk and sing—yet. (Did you see Harry Potter? If wizards can do it, surely Bill Gates can, too!)This, my friends, is how you cheer. I’ve seen many students coming out to the recent home football...
...Halcro said that Palin’s approach to the debate last Thursday was identical to her debating style in the gubernatorial race. “Her performance in the debate was pretty much the same,” he said. “Stay on message, and provide sound byte after sound byte. There was no depth or specifics, and what I saw Thursday was certainly what I saw in 2006. How do you get away filling a 45-second segment with nothingness?” Halcro did praise Palin’s political savvy, attributing her popularity...
...island this time. Fires are forbidden. There is a dusk-to-dawn curfew and residents are warned to get shots for tetanus and hepatitis before returning. Downtown, with its brick and ironwork Victorian-era buildings - once dubbed the "Wall Street of the Southwest" - is a ghost town. The only sound is the low howl of dehumidifiers sucking moisture out of bank buildings and churches...