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...appeal of so many of the fables Stan Lee and his colleagues have spun out for Marvel Comics is their confirmation of what any young reader may have thought about himself as his body changes and his mind reels: I'm a freak. To this Lee adds the fantasy: But your weirdness is a sign of preternatural abilities; you're odd because you're a hero. Spider-Man emits goo from his fingers, and he can fly. The Hulk gets mad and becomes bigger and stronger. Wolverine's Dragon Lady fingernails make him the toughest guy on the block...
...After a little while in the hallway, Lee-Lee stood up abruptly and spun me around by my pelvis so that I was facing away from her. Then she pushed me, hands low on my hips, all the way into her bedroom, where she kind of tossed me on the bed. She was very small, but I was so woozy from the biting that I pretty much just tipped...
...sales boost. They want a white knight. "I've felt for more than a year that GM could not support the Saturn brand the way it should be supported," says Jay Cimino, a Saturn dealer who operates five Saturn Dealerships around Denver and Colorado Springs. "If we were spun off to the right people, it would be great," he adds...
Rapport also conducted a control experiment with the boys in which they watched the pod-racing scene from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. He showed me a video of a couple of the boys watching the scene, and I was shocked: even the ADHD kids who had spun around endlessly during their cognitive tests sat perfectly still while they watched the pod race. The film clip required almost no working memory, no concentrated effort. The scene simply washed over the passively watching boys, none of whom had to move around to stay alert...
...host an Irish dancing show and be the ones to bring in other student performers. And, of course, continuing monthly Ceilis is a big agenda. FOR THE LOVE OF THE JIG?At the March Party, strangers and friends alike joined hands, took each other by the waists, and spun each other ’round and ’round to the upbeat rhythms of a live musical ensemble. While some, like Corcairdhearg members, did shine in their element, other novice Irish dancers had just as good of a time laughing over missed beats and stumbled steps...