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...Paul Cellucci vetoed these changes and preserved the original bill. Before lauding him for his integrity, though, it ought to be noted that many other considerations appeared to be at stake, including an ongoing feud between the governor and Birmingham. His action appeared to be more a vengeful stab at Birmingham than a rational policy choice...
...told me I was on my period (Haha! See? Now why can't I do that with I-bankers?). Later I realized the truth: I was afraid. I was afraid of the enraged horde of budding consultants that would inevitably knock down my door, shouting invectives and threatening to stab me with their PalmPilot Styluses. I was afraid that a mob of investment bankers would conspire to give me brain cancer by surrounding me and calling each other with their cell phones. The truth of the matter was that I didn't want to deal with anyone who might...
...always wanted to be a sportswriter; at some point, I took a wrong turn and ended up on the FM track. I figured I'd take a final opportunity to take a stab at sports scribing. In my piece, I try to be serious and to make a valid point about athletics, Harvard and anything potentially smart-sounding...
Granted, swordfish are an especially vulnerable target, being prized as both game fish and food fish. But they're hardly the only victims of the current global lunacy, of which the motto seems to be: if it swims, hook it, stab it, poison it or blow...
...matter how triumphant, depressing or confused the past ten years have been for Grohl, There is Nothing Left to Lose announces that he made it through it all and is ready for more. In "Gimme Stitches," Grohl puts his detractors on notice that if they choose to "take another stab at me, I promise in time I'll heal." When a band finds a style they can call their own and moves away from the extremes of their past work, they get often get fted as "more mature." But to make this claim about the Foo Fighters wouldn...