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...begin with an analysis of the schools that didn't really deserve to land a spot on the list. To preface this segment, we'd like to clarify that FlyBy holds itself to the strictest standards of urbandictionary.com style, which generally classify a "douchebag" as a "pretentious, sugar-coated" type of "asshole." GQ seems to have expanded the lexicon for the word to anyone who fits a semi-humorous stereotype its editors have concocted. We respectfully disagree with this method, and thus reject the top-25 ranking of these schools...
...naturally-occurring growth rings are the focal point of the table’s opposing geometric design. Gentle curves, ebony, and silver inlays decorate their chairs, tables, and benches with a balance that rings both classic and modern. The lamps featured in the exhibit are certainly a bright spot amongst the dark, rich mahogany of many of the other creations, most notably for their ability to include a variety of mediums in one work—metal, ceramics, wood, and glass, for example. But the lack of emphasis on the brothers’ ability to incorporate the natural surroundings into...
Beck, Glenn • one hates to pay another nanosecond of attention to, but who can ignore this spot-on Dan Quayle impersonation...
...born, farming 710 acres of corn and soybeans with his son and making a point of holding at least one meeting a year in each of the state's 99 counties. Ever thrifty, he coasts his 13-year-old Lincoln (bought used, of course) down the ramp to his spot in the Hart Senate Office Building garage to save on gas. As a Senator, he bucked President Bush to work with Baucus and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 2007. He has also championed government whistle-blowers and launched probes into...
...authority to negotiate anything by all of us Republicans on that committee," said Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Senate GOP whip. What's more, Grassley's term as ranking Republican on the powerful tax-writing panel will expire at the end of 2010; he stands to assume that spot on the Judiciary Committee, but the Republican leadership could block him from getting it. Things have become so uncomfortable for Grassley at times that he has mused privately about retiring, telling colleagues, "Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor." (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...